(b. 1926, Montreal, Canada; d. 2012, Montreal, Canada)
Arnaud Maggs, contemporary photographer, was born in Montreal on 5 May 1926. From childhood, he was passionate about art and design. In 1950, he studied typography under Carl Dair, and nine years later, attended drawing courses at the Scuola da belle Arti da Brera in Milan. Maggs worked as a graphic designer in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Santa Fe and Milan from 1950 to 1965. He became interested in photography in 1966. In 1974, he returned to drawing classes, this time at the Artists' Workshop in Toronto. Maggs studied printmaking at the Ontario College of Art, and began painting and working in other media in 1985.
During his career as a graphic artist, Maggs was awarded numerous prizes, including: the New York Art Directors Club Award (1957, 1961, 1966, 1968 and 1969); the New York Type Directors Club Award (1961, 1963, 1966 and 1979); the American Institute of Graphic Arts Award (1962); the American Society of Graphic Designers Award (1962); the Society of Illustrators Award (1965); Graphica (1965); the National Magazine Award (1979), and the Toronto Art Directors Club Gold Award (1982).
