”There is a brief moment when all that there is in a man’s mind and soul and spirit may be reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record. This is the elusive ‘moment of truth.’” -Yousuf Karsh.
This Karsh masterpiece is one of the most famous portraits of all time.
On February 11, 1948, Yousuf Karsh, perhaps the most accomplished portrait photographer of his generation, visited The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton to fulfill a dream of his: to photograph Albert Einstein. As he later explained:
“Among the tasks that life as a photographer had set me, a portrait of Albert Einstein had always seemed a ‘must’ – not only because this greatest refugee of our century has been accounted by all the world as the [most] outstanding scientist since Newton, but because his face, in all its rough grandeur, invited and challenged the camera...”
This is a genuine vintage photogravure, printed in Holland in 1959. Archivally mounted on 100% acid-free 11" x 11" board, matted to 12x12 in a black wooden frame.
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