Onnig Cavoukian | |
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Born | Onnig J. Cavoukian 1945 (age 78–79) |
Other names | Cavouk |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Occupation | Photographer |
Relatives |
Onnig J. "Cavouk" Cavoukian (born 1945) is a Canadian-Armenian photographer. [1]
Born in Cairo in 1945 [2] to ethnic Armenian parents Artin and Lucie Cavoukian, Onnig Cavoukian moved with his family from Cairo to Canada in 1958. [3] [4] He is the brother of the well-known Canadian children's entertainer Raffi and of Ann Cavoukian, the former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. [5] [6]
Onnig Cavoukian followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Ohanness Cavoukian and his father Artin in becoming a portrait photographer. [5] [7] His grandfather escaped Turkey during the Armenian genocide, moving to Egypt. His family moved to Toronto after the 1952 abdication of Farouk of Egypt. [1]
During his career, Cavouk's subjects included
Indira Gandhi, the
Queen Mother,
Queen Elizabeth II,
Oscar Peterson,
Pierre and
Margaret Trudeau,
Leonid Brezhnev,
Patrick Macnee,
Hubert Humphrey, and
Pat Nixon.
[5]
[8]
Three Canadian stamps have been made from portraits by Cavouk, of Roland Michener, Maureen Forrester, and Sam McLaughlin respectively. [5] [9]
After spending most of his adult life in Toronto, Cavouk moved in April 2006 to Winona, Ontario, on a property next to Fifty Point Conservation Area. [8] [10] [1] He now lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Onnig Cavoukian | |
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Born | Onnig J. Cavoukian 1945 (age 78–79) |
Other names | Cavouk |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Occupation | Photographer |
Relatives |
Onnig J. "Cavouk" Cavoukian (born 1945) is a Canadian-Armenian photographer. [1]
Born in Cairo in 1945 [2] to ethnic Armenian parents Artin and Lucie Cavoukian, Onnig Cavoukian moved with his family from Cairo to Canada in 1958. [3] [4] He is the brother of the well-known Canadian children's entertainer Raffi and of Ann Cavoukian, the former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. [5] [6]
Onnig Cavoukian followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Ohanness Cavoukian and his father Artin in becoming a portrait photographer. [5] [7] His grandfather escaped Turkey during the Armenian genocide, moving to Egypt. His family moved to Toronto after the 1952 abdication of Farouk of Egypt. [1]
During his career, Cavouk's subjects included
Indira Gandhi, the
Queen Mother,
Queen Elizabeth II,
Oscar Peterson,
Pierre and
Margaret Trudeau,
Leonid Brezhnev,
Patrick Macnee,
Hubert Humphrey, and
Pat Nixon.
[5]
[8]
Three Canadian stamps have been made from portraits by Cavouk, of Roland Michener, Maureen Forrester, and Sam McLaughlin respectively. [5] [9]
After spending most of his adult life in Toronto, Cavouk moved in April 2006 to Winona, Ontario, on a property next to Fifty Point Conservation Area. [8] [10] [1] He now lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.