Yousuf Karsh was born in a city east of Turkey, Mardin in December 23, 1908. He passed away in Boston, Massachusetts in July 23, 2002. He lived through the periods of mass deportation, flu pandemic which costed her sisters life. To escape prosecution, at age 14 he fled to Syria with his family. After two years, his family sent him to live with his uncle George Nakash, whom was a photographer in Quebec, Canada. He attended school there and helped his uncle in the studio. He had a brother who was also a photographer who was famous for the image of logs floating down the river on the Canadian Dollar Bill.
Karsh returned to Canada to work with another photographer named John Powls in a studio. When Powls retired, Karsh took over the studio. Karsh's first solo exhibition was in 1936 at the Drawing Room of the Chateau Laurier hotel. In 1973 he moved his studio, and it stayed there until he retired in 1992.
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