With his home base in Ottawa, Armenian immigrant Yousuf Karsh became the most celebrated portrait photographer of the 20th century. His image of a scowling Winston Churchill is one of the most famous photographs of a world leader ever captured. And photos of Ernest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Picasso, Glen Gould, Audrey Hepburn, among others, have become the definitive portraits of these iconic figures. This retrospective combines archival footage and interviews with photographers and critics to tell the story of Yousuf Karsh.

Karsh is History – TVO Premiere Thursday May 26,
2011 at 9 pm ET 60 minutes Directed by Joseph Hillel

Also watch the Interview with Yousuf Karsh, in which he talks about his Armenian parents and how they immigrated to Canada after the genocide.