John Daido Loori
Religious Leader
Zen Buddhist priest, author, photographer, and Dharma Communications CEO.
He attended Rutgers University, served in the United States Navy, and directed New York chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union.
He once exhibited his professional nature photography at New York's American Museum of Natural History.
He was born into a Roman Catholic family in New Jersey.
He attended a 1971 photography workshop taught by Minor White.