December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002 was a Armenian - Canadian portrait photographer. At the age of 16, his parents sent Yousuf to live with his uncle George Nakash, a photographer in sherbrook , Quebec Canada Karsh briefly attended school there and assisted in his uncle’s studio. Nakash saw great potential in his nephew and in 1928 arranged for Karsh to apprentice with portrait photographer John Garo in Boston Massachusettes United states . His brother, Malak Karsh, was also a photographer.