Brush, Canvas, Paint, and Uniform

摘要

In the spring of 1946, Ottawa photographer Malak Karsh, brother of the well-known photographer Yousuf Karsh, took several photographs of the official Canadian war artists for the Montreal Standard's magazine to document them completing their paintings. This series of 23 highly staged portraits is unique in Malak's oeuvre and it serves as an excellent research source on the Second World War Canadian war artists' program. By comparing different versions of photographs at the Canadian War Museum with the Standard Images, it becomes obvious how the magazine reduced Malak's documentary and at the same time creative approach to emphasize the patriotic content.