Arnaud maggs biography

Arnaud Maggs (May 5, – November 17, )^[1] was a Canadian artist and photographer. Born in Montreal, Maggs is best known for stark portraits arranged in grid-like arrangements,^[2] which illustrate his interest in systems of identification and classification.^[3]

After training and working as a graphic designer, Maggs turned to commercial photography in the s.

Beginning in , he produced editorial fashion mages and portraiture for several Canadian magazines such as Maclean's, Chatelaine, Saturday Night, Canadian Business, and Toronto Life.^[3] At the age of 47, Maggs decided to become a visual artist concentrating on photography and conceptualism and focusing on such things as death notices and tags documenting child labour in French textile factories.^[2]

Works

Maggs's explorations of the grid, portraiture, and collecting informed his investigations into such themes as systems and classification, time, memo