Onnig Cavoukian
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Onnig J. "Cavouk" Cavoukian (born 1945) is a Canadian-Armenian photographer.{{cite news|last=Taylor |first=Bill |date=2006-03-02 |title=Photographic memories; Onnig Cavoukian is the man of a thousand stories and has souvenirs of each, Bill Taylor reports |work=Toronto Star |pages=J1,J6 |id={{ProQuest|1348815709}} }}
Life and career
Born in Cairo in 1945{{cite web |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/SpecColl/OccPaper/occ10.htm |title=University of Calgary Libraries, Special Collections Division, Occasional Paper No. 10: Onnig CAVOUKIAN (born 1945)}} to ethnic Armenian parents Artin and Lucie Cavoukian, Onnig Cavoukian moved with his family from Cairo to Canada in 1958.Belian, G., 1982. Noted Photographer Cavouk Is Honored in Canada. Armenian Reporter International (1967-1988), p.4.{{Cite web|title=DOUBLE EXPOSURE Two Family Portraits, Canada's Giants of Photography|url=https://agbu.org/news-item/double-exposure-two-family-portraits-canadas-giants-of-photography/|website=AGBU {{!}} Armenian non-profit organization|access-date=2020-06-01}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/article/312974 |title=Cavouk of Winona: Life through the lens |work=Hamilton Spectator |first=Suzanne |last=Bourret |date=January 22, 2008 |accessdate=2009-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906174230/http://www.thespec.com/article/312974 |archivedate=September 6, 2008 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thespec.com/article/309612 |title=They see the jewel that is Hamilton |work=Hamilton Spectator |first=Suzanne |last=Bourret |date=January 15, 2008 |accessdate=2009-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718110851/http://www.thespec.com/article/309612 |archivedate=July 18, 2008 }}
Onnig Cavoukian followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Ohanness Cavoukian and his father Artin in becoming a portrait photographer.{{Cite web|date=2009-05-07|title=Sharing a passion for photography|url=https://www.niagarathisweek.com/whatson-story/3277587-sharing-a-passion-for-photography/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=NiagaraThisWeek.com|language=en-CA}} His grandfather escaped Turkey during the Armenian genocide, moving to Egypt. His family moved to Toronto after the 1952 abdication of Farouk of Egypt.
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/86952|title=Stamp of approval|work=Niagara This Week|date=April 20, 2007|first=Scott|last=Rosts|accessdate=2009-01-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911055127/http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/86952|archivedate=September 11, 2009}}
Three Canadian stamps have been made from portraits by Cavouk, of Roland Michener, Maureen Forrester, and Sam McLaughlin respectively.{{Cite web|last=Rosts|first=Scott|date=2007-04-20|title=Stamp of approval|url=https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/3297217-stamp-of-approval/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=NiagaraThisWeek.com|language=en-CA}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Rosts|first=Scott|date=2006-05-12|title=Photographer inspired by his new surroundings|url=https://www.niagarathisweek.com/whatson-story/3292046-photographer-inspired-by-his-new-surroundings/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=NiagaraThisWeek.com|language=en-CA}} He now lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.cavouk.com}}
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Category:Canadian people of Armenian descent
Category:Ethnic Armenian photographers
Category:Egyptian people of Armenian descent
Category:Egyptian emigrants to Canada
Category:20th-century Canadian photographers
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