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vegasmagazine.com 55 clockwise from left: Brigitte Bardot; Alfred Hitchcock; and Audrey Hepburn all posed for Karsh in their day. More than 60 iMages that becaMe syMbols of their age line the walls of the bellagio gallery of fine art. he's thinking." They all form a show that she "picked for its relevance to the time—and of course to BGFA, Bellagio, and Las Vegas." Each image has a backstory, provided by audio guide tours and information panels. One of Tiberti's favorite stories: the career-defin- ing moment that came for a young Karsh in 1941, when he was hired to photograph Winston Churchill. His portrait of the statesman, scowling into the camera, would become a symbolic representation of England's wartime. But that iconic frown is less complex than Churchill contemplating the state of the nation. "Karsh had pulled a cigar out of Churchill's hand, and he has this stunned expression," Tiberti laughs. "Karsh could, like no one else, capture the essence of a person— even the most private." bellagio.com .