Yousuf Karsh had a unique history with Hart House; he was a judge at the annual Camera Club Salon in 1953-54 where he introduced the Karsh Trophy for the best photograph of campus life taken at the University of Toronto. In honour of its centennial year, Hart House presented a special exhibit of Karsh-worthy pieces featuring a retrospective display of photos taken by members of the Hart House Camera Club throughout the years plus a number of award-winning contemporary images depicting modern campus-life.
Exhibition Pieces
AFTERNOON BREAK by Ronald Carr | Runner Up, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1959A U.C. TRADITION by Brenda Gomes | Winner of the Campus Life Photo Contest, Sept. 2018ETUDE by J.B. Sullivan | Winner, K.B. Jackson Award, Highest Junior, 1947FOG ON THE CAMPUS by R. Wolfe | Winner, A.F. Coventry Award, 1950FOOD FOR THOUGHT by D.A. Urquhart | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1956DUO DANCE by Henry (He) Zao | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 2018NEAR MISS by Bill Dowkes | Exhibition of the Hart House Camera Club, 1972CROWDSURFER AT JULY TALK (HART HOUSE 2014) by Stephanie Keating | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 2014GATEWAY by Yifei Yan | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 2017GET THE REBOUND by Bill Dowkes | Runner Up, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1966HART HOUSE: INTO THE LIGHT by Giulio Buttino | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 2007USHA: IN THE LAB OF DR. C by Steve Frost | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1989JUST TO THE RIGHT by J. Roth | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1968IT’S MY BALL by Henry (He) Zao | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 2018SURVEY PARTY by Bill Dowkes | Honourable Mention, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1973ONE WAY TO STUDY by Brian Pel | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1980PASS by J.R. Cordy | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1973POWER PUFF by M. Garamszeghy | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1982RUSHING DOWN ROBARTS by Andrew Yin | Winner of the Campus Life Photo Contest, Dec. 2018THE POLICY’S THROUGH – WE’RE NOT by Bill Dowkes | Exhibition of the Hart House Camera Club, 1973THE SPEAKER by Art Chow | Winner, Campus Life - Yousuf Karsh Award, 1966WATCH by an Unknown Artist | Exhibition of the Hart House Camera Club, 1978By Yingchi Chen | Winner Hart House 100 Monthly Contest, October 2018By Tatiana Costa G. Trindade | Winner Hart House 100 Monthly Contest, November 2018By Monica Gupta | Winner Hart House 100 Monthly Contest, January 2019POLITICS by Manfred Lai | Winner Hart House 100 Monthly Contest, February 2019VANISHING POINT by Tina Ye | Winner Hart House 100 Monthly Contest, March 2019GERT 2 PM by Ammara Wasim | Winner Hart House 100 Monthly Contest, April 2019
Bill Dowkes, Camera Club member since 1958, had four pieces included in this exhibition.
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