John J. McKendry.

About John J. McKendry

John Joseph McKendry was a Canadian museum curator. He served as curator of prints and photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 1967 until his death. During his tenure, he played an important role in expanding the museum's photography collection and acquiring works by modern and contemporary photographers. McKendry and his wife, designer and food writer Maxime de La Falaise, were associated with the New York art and fashion worlds of the 1960s and 1970s.