[Original Gelatin Silver Print Portrait Photograph of Daniel Tshabalala in Character]

Karsh, Yousuf

Published by The Photographer, [Np, 1963

About this Item

Original glossy double-weight gelatin silver print from negative, 11 x 14" (inclusive of margins, image size 10.5 x 13.5"). Captioned and numbered 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 character portrait of a young boy (Daniel Tshabalala as Jacob), playing a flute with a guitar resting on his knee while sitting on rocks along a river, the further bank of which is visible in the background. Also visible is an automobile and the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains. The image is identified as "Daniel Tchaballa [sic]" and "No. 355" in the series in pencil on the verso. 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. Seller Inventory # WRCLIT87650

Bibliographic Details

Title: [Original Gelatin Silver Print Portrait ...

Publisher: The Photographer, [Np

Publication Date: 1963