Report on historical photographer Yousuf Karsh

My last historical photographer is Yousuf Karsh. He was an Armenian-Canadian Portrait photographer which lived to a grand age of 93 but sadly passed away in 2002. His portraits were mostly in black and white and spoke more words than the average book. People say that his portraits tell the story of whoever is present in the photographs from the slight details in their posture, a gesture which completely stemmed from habit or even just the look in the eye. It is obvious he has total control in how he wants the portrait to appear from the biggest to the smallest detail. Like Ansel Adams he played with contrast to get the desired effect and mostly used blank background which in my opinion makes the portrait even more focused and developed but also used a normal background but still achieved a great effect. I think using a blank background makes what the photographer is trying to achieve a lot clearer in its own way. Hopefully the next time I take portraits I can look back at his work and just look at the small details of his photos and see what makes them so great to try and direct it into my own work.