Emory Kristof
Emory Kristof (November 19, 1942 – February 6, 2023) was an American photographer. He was on the expedition that discovered the Titanic. His work has been published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere.
Emory Kristof
- Name
- Emory Kristof
- Born
- 19 November 1942
- Birthplace
- Laurel, Maryland, U.S.
- Died
- 6 February 2023
- Place of death
- Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Education
- University of Maryland
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Emory Kristof (November 19, 1942 – February 6, 2023) was an American photographer. He was on the expedition that discovered the Titanic. His work has been published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere.
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Emory Kristof (1942–2023) was an American photographer. Born in Laurel, the photographer died in Northfield. Emory Kristof studied at University of Maryland. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Emory Kristof • Born — 19 November 1942 • Birthplace — Laurel, Maryland, U.S. • Died — 6 February 2023 • Place of death — Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S. • Occupation — Photographer • Education — University of Maryland
Life and career
Life and career
Kristof was born in Laurel, Maryland, on November 19, 1942. Kristof participated in multiple undersea expeditions with Canadian explorers Joseph MacInnis and Phil Nuytten, including the exploration of the Breadalbane, the world's northernmost known shipwreck, and the 1995 expedition to recover the bell from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Kristof also accompanied MacInnis and Russian explorer Anatoly Sagalevich on a descent 16,400 feet into Kings Trough in the eastern North Atlantic aboard the submersible Mir 1, and on the expedition which made the IMAX film Titanica. Kristof served as Supervising Producer of 2003 IMAX documentary, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, about the ecosystems surrounding hydrothermal vents. Kristof died Northfield, Massachusetts, on February 6, 2023, at the age of 80.
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Awards
• NOGI Awards for Arts, the Underwater Society of America, 1988 • Northeast Diver of the Year, Beneath the Sea, 1988 • The J. Winton Lemon Fellowship Award, National Press Photographers Association, 1998 • Wired (magazine) 25, Class of 1998
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- 1.Crandell, Steven. Exploring the Deep Ocean -- Emory Kristof's Pioneering Photography. Huffington Post. April 21, 2011.
- 2.http://publicationsindex.nationalgeographic.com/ . National Geographic Society Publications Index. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- 3.https://web.archive.org/web/19990210071709/http://www.geh.org/gehdata.html. George Eastman House Catalog. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- 4.Nuytten, Phil. 30th Anniversary, "The Legend Lives On.": Diving the Edmund Fitzgerald. Diver Magazine. Seagraphic Publications. 35–41. December 2005. 0706-5132.
- 5.MacInnis, Joseph. Titanic in a New Light. Thomasson-Grant. 1992. 1-56566-021-8.
- 6.Loewenstein, Lael. Volcanoes of the Deep Sea. Variety. September 11, 2003.
- 7.Liang, John. Famed National Geographic Underwater Photographer Emory Kristof Passes Away. Deeper Blue. 8 February 2023.
- 8.Divers of the Year. Beneath the Sea.
- 9.Beneath the Sea honors Emory Kristof. Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences. February 8, 2017.
- 10.The Wired 25. Wired.
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