Editing Yousuf Karsh (section)

==Recognition==
[[File:Bust of Yousuf Karsh in Ottawa (2).jpg|thumb|155px|A bust of Karsh, a gift from Armenia, unveiled before [[Château Laurier]], Ottawa, in 2017]]

Karsh has been recognized as Canada's leading portrait photographer.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Teodorescu|first1=Ioana|title=Karsh: Image Maker/Créateur d'images|journal=Material Culture Review|date=Fall 2009|volume=70|url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/mcr/article/view/18167/19563|publisher=[[University of New Brunswick]]}}</ref> In general, he is recognized as one of the best-known<ref name="latimes"/> and great<ref name="Time Berman"/> portrait photographers of the 20th century. ''[[The Economist]]'' wrote upon his death that Karsh was "for half a century perhaps the greatest portrait photographer in the monumental manner".<ref name="economist"/> The website of the [[Governor General of Canada]] describes him as the "pre-eminent portrait photographer of the twentieth century".<ref name="gg.ca"/> The [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] described him as "one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century [who] achieved a distinct style in his theatrical lighting".<ref>{{cite web|title=Ernest Hemingway, 1957|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1986.1098.12/|website=metmuseum.org|publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|access-date=October 11, 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011012819/http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1986.1098.12/|archive-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'' noted that his portraits "have come to represent the public images of major international figures of politics, science, and culture in the twentieth century".<ref name="canadianencyclopedia"/>

By the time of his death, his work was included in numerous museum collections including the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[Museum of Modern Art]] (both in New York), [[National Gallery of Canada]], [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery in London]], [[National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo|National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo]], [[Art Institute of Chicago]], [[Saint Louis Art Museum]], [[Muscarelle Museum of Art]], [[George Eastman Museum]], and elsewhere.<ref name="nyt obituary"/> In 1987 the [[Library and Archives Canada|National Archives of Canada]] acquired the complete collection of Karsh items, including the negatives, prints and transparencies produced and retained by Karsh since 1933.<ref name="canadianencyclopedia"/> The current Library and Archives Canada collection has 355,000 items in its Karsh collection, including all of his 150,000 negatives,<ref name="slate"/> kept at a facility in [[Gatineau]], Quebec.<ref name="cbc.ca"/> Karsh's widow Estrellita gifted more than 100 photographic prints to the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Nayeri"/>

He was a member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]] and an honorary fellow of the [[Royal Photographic Society]] (UK).<ref name="nyt obituary"/><ref name="guardian"/>

On June 9, 2017, a bust of Karsh by Canadian-Armenian sculptor Megerditch Tarakdjian was unveiled before Château Laurier, Ottawa. It depicts Karsh with his famous camera and is a gift to Canada from the people of Armenia on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the [[150th anniversary of Canada]]. Among attendees were [[George Furey]], the Speaker of the Senate, and [[Arif Virani]], the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Monument Dedicated to World-Famous Canadian-Armenian Photographer Yousuf Karsh Unveiled in Ottawa|url=http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2017/06/09/ottawa_karsh/|website=mfa.am|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia|date=June 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sevunts|first1=Levon|title=Yousuf Karsh bust unveiled in downtown Ottawa|url=http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/06/12/yousuf-karsh-bust-unveiled-in-downtown-ottawa/|agency=[[Radio Canada International]]|date=June 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Canadian-Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh's statue inaugurated in Ottawa|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/894416/canadian-armenian-photographer-yousuf-karsh%E2%80%99s-statue-inaugurated-in-ottawa.html|agency=[[Armenpress]]|date=June 10, 2017}}</ref>

The Karsh Award, dedicated to Yousuf and his brother [[Malak Karsh]], is awarded by the City of Ottawa every two years to an established professional artist for outstanding artistic work in a photo-based medium.<ref>{{cite web|title=Karsh Award|url=http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/arts-heritage-and-culture/karsh-award|website=ottawa.ca|date=November 17, 2022 |publisher=City of Ottawa}}</ref>