John Max

John Max
RCA
Born
John Porchawka

(1936-09-23)23 September 1936
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died5 May 2011(2011-05-05) (aged 74)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationSchool of Art and Design, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Known forPhotographer, filmmaker
Notable workLe soleil brilla toute la nuit (1970)
...to be INDIAN (1971)
Open Passport (1972)
StylePortrait, sequence
AwardsDiplôme d'honneur and Médaille de bronze de la ville de Bordeaux
(1972)
National Film Board of Canada Gold Medal for Excellence in Photography
(1972)
ElectedRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts (1974)

John Max RCA (John Porchawka, 23 September 1936 – 5 May 2011) was a Canadian photojournalist, photography teacher, and art photographer. He is recognized for his use of the narrative sequence, his expressive portraiture, and his intensely personal, subjective approach to photography by a number of critics, curators, artists, and photographers in Canada and abroad. It has also been the source of a number of responses and homages. Robert Frank said about him "When I think of Canadian photography, his name comes up first."[1]

  1. ^ Manford, Steven (1997). "Of Passports and Visas". Canadian Art. 14 (3): 56. ISSN 0825-3854.