ca. 1963]. · [Np
by Karsh, Yousuf
[Np: The Photographer, ca. 1963].. Original glossy double-weight gelatin silver print from negative, 14 x 11" (inclusive of margins, image size 12.5 x 10 5/8"). Captioned in pencil on verso. About fine. An original print of one of the sequence of superb photographs taken by Yousuf Karsh on location in South Africa during the filming of the 1964 Diamond Films production, ZULU, directed by Cy Endfield. Karsh's invitation to join the production and photograph the cast and locale resulted in a sequence of photographs of a very high order. The present image is a fine character portrait of South African film actor, Gert van den Berg, in his role as Adendorff. The image is identified as "No. 4-12" in the series, and the subject is misidentified in the pencil caption as "Kurt Van Den Boch." Although this project is not as widely known as Karsh's formal portraiture, examples of the resulting images have featured prominently in both museum and print retrospectives of his career. (Inventory #: WRCLIT75489)