Guest Speaker John Maloof - October 25, 2016

 

John Maloof was the Guest Speaker at the Skokie Valley Rotary Weekly Meeting of October 25, 2016.  John is a artist and film maker, and his subject was Finding Vivian Meier.

 

John was born in Chicago Illinois, he developed a passion for art at a young age. John is a talented artist who works in different mediums. He is currently the chief curator of Vivian Maier's work and directed Finding Vivian Maier. This hit documentary tells the story of Vivian Maier, whose photographs that were uncovered earned her posthumous recognition as one of the best street photographers of the 20th Century. John Maloof operates a not-for-profit art studio in Skokie.