[Original Gelatin Silver Print Photograph of a Zulu Ceremonial Assembly]

[Np: The Photographer, ca. 1963].. Original glossy double-weight gelatin silver print from negative, 10 1/4 x 10 5/8" (on 11 x 14" sheet). Captioned in pencil on verso, with labels. About fine. An original print of one of the 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 depicts a very large gathering of Zulu men and women in full ceremonial dress engaged in a tribal dance in a large open area surrounded by huts, a fence and many additional tribes-people, against the background of the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains. In the lower left corner, with his back to the camera, appears Mangosuthu Buthelezi in regal dress, standing before one of the large tusks that are incorporated in his throne. On the verso appear two labels, the first asserting: "The Following Credit Line Must Be Used: Karsh, Ottawa." The second label is that for Karsh's agency: Rapho Guillumette. 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.