Untitled (45B)Artwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1972 Gelatin silver print From the series "Open Passport" Annotated "45B", in ink, au recto; Annotated "45B", in ink, au verso Printed circa 1972 Unframed John Max (b. 1936) was born in Montreal to parents of Ukrainian origin who had arrived in Canada in the 1920s. He studied painting with Arthur Lismer and music at the McGill Conservatory of Music before discovering photography in the late 1950s