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Anniversary, Austria, Canada., Family, Laurent, life, Salzburg, tradition, Trudeau, vacation, Will
Many years ago my parents were friends with Armenian born Yousuf Karsh, the World famous Canadian photographer who lived for many years in a suite at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, he offered to my parents on their Wedding Anniversary to do a series of portraits of them. We kept those wonderful portraits and I use to kid my Mother that she had now something in common with Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill, that of having her portrait taken by Karsh. Those portraits are family heirlooms now.
Ottawa being the Capital many Politicians have their picture taken by photographers but some shine above the rest and one is Jean-Marc Carisse who came to prominence in the late 1960’s with his portraits and action shots of our then Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau, the father of Justin. Carisse then took pictures of all manner of famous people and his work was in great demand. He became identified with the Liberal Party of Canada, the natural governing party of Canada. His skill was to take perfectly natural photos of his subjects and their humanity just shine through. Jean-Marc Carisse is an award winning Canadian photojournalist. He has photographed the political, cultural and social scenes in Ottawa and around the world for over 40 years, including stints as official photographer serving the Prime Minister’s Office (Pierre E. Trudeau, John Turner and Jean Chrétien) and as a freelancer. His photographs have appeared on many covers of magazines including Time, Paris Match and Maclean’s.
One of the more famous portrait of Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau with a dedication by Trudeau to Carisse. A Prime Minister in 1969 as a young Caesar. One of our truly great Prime Minister’s
I always wanted to have a picture of us taken by him and we went to see him at Studio Café Carisse on Elgin Street in Ottawa just a few steps away from our house. At Christmas time our puppies Nicky and Nora arranged a gift certificate, they are such clever Dachshunds.
Here is the result of Carisse’s work. This portrait is to mark my 60th and Will’s 70th Birthday.
Wearing our Traditional Austrian Trachten jackets a souvenir of the many vacations spent in Innsbruck, Salzburg and Vienna and of many happy memories of our long life together. This year, 2016 is an anniversary year for us and the beginning of a new adventure.
I love portraits. Yours is good!
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thanks
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Very smart!
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thank you
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Such a handsome couple! Love the jackets.
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Well thank you!
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Hi Larry, wonderful portrait of you and Will. Now you have something in common with Mick Jagger. What a wonderful thing to have your parent’s portraits done by Karsh. My mother, who was a wonderful portrait photographer, always loved and spoke often of Karsh. Years later he had an exhibit at the Glenbow museum in Calgary. Of course I had seen his photographs in magazines but wanted to see the actual prints. I went and was moved by just how incredible they were. Perfect lighting and printing but also the character and trust he instilled in his subjects was beyond my imagination. I really enjoyed your post. Take care. Bob
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Thank you Bob.
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I’ve spent the entire morning searching the web for two more splendid looking gentlemen, and they simply are not there!
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Dave you are sweet, you are invited to visit us in PEI and eat lobster.
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Belle photo de vous deux. Très “officiel”.
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En français je devrai dire plutôt photo souvenir ou photo d’anniversaire, un vieux couple marié 38 ans. Mais c’est surtout nos 60 et 70 ans que nous fêtons avec cette photo. Je suis très content que Jean-Marc Carisse, qui est très gentil, ait fait cette photo.
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There must be lederhosen out of sight in that joint portrait of two Bavarians…nice work, ‘officiel’, it’s true – for balance one needs you both sprawling on a sofa with the Hounds from Hell.
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We thought of bringing them for the photo but they are camera shy, every time we try to take a picture of them they refuse to pose.
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Interesting that a friend said that I reminded him of the Karsch photo of Winston Churchill – he wondered if Jean-Marc had grabbed my cigar out of my mouth?
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Yes were was your cigar?
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you both look so spiffy…handsome gents..and the traditional suits are so beautiful.
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thanks
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That portrait of the two of you is wonderful.
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a handsome couple indeed. good luck with the upcoming move to paradise!
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