Quest for Beauty: The Photographic Journey of Malak of Ottawa

by Harvey Sawler

Book Overview

Quest for Beauty - The Photographic Journey of Malak of Ottawa, is the authorized biography of the prolific, passionate and tireless Canadian photographer Malak Karsh. Malak's quest takes us from the Karsh family's exodus from Turkey wrought by the 1915 Armenian genocide, to Canada and a storied life filled with colour, beauty and joy.

The brother of Yousuf Karsh, arguably the world's most renowned portrait photographer, Malak of Ottawa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077664498X
• ISBN13: 9780776644981
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press