Yousuf Karsh's Portraits in Boston

Sophia Loren, 1981
"When an actress has the intelligence and professionalism, as well as the beauty, of Sophia Loren, photographing her becomes a highly enjoyable collaboration. We worked together in her Paris apartment, in the early afternoon. She was very much a mother, and adored her two young sons. As our session ended they returned home from school, and I was touched by the outpouring of mutual love and affection.

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• Yousuf Karsh at the MFA in Boston: September 23, 2008 thru January 19, 2009