Emory Kristof
Born(1942-11-19)November 19, 1942
Laurel, Maryland, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 2023(2023-02-06) (aged 80)
Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationPhotographer
Alma materUniversity of Maryland

Emory Kristof (November 19, 1942 – February 6, 2023) was an American photographer. He was on the expedition that discovered the Titanic.[1] His work has been published in National Geographic Magazine[2] and elsewhere.

Life and career

Kristof was born in Laurel, Maryland, on November 19, 1942.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Kristof served as Supervising Producer of 2003 IMAX documentary, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, about the ecosystems surrounding hydrothermal vents.[6]

Kristof died Northfield, Massachusetts, on February 6, 2023, at the age of 80.[7]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Crandell, Steven. "Exploring the Deep Ocean -- Emory Kristof's Pioneering Photography". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ^ [1] Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. National Geographic Society Publications Index. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  3. ^ [2]. George Eastman House Catalog. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  4. ^ Nuytten, Phil (December 2005). "30th Anniversary, "The Legend Lives On...": Diving the Edmund Fitzgerald" (PDF). Diver Magazine. North Vancouver, British Columbia: Seagraphic Publications: 35–41. ISSN 0706-5132. OCLC 423800816. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  5. ^ MacInnis, Joseph (1992). Titanic in a New Light. Charlottesville, Virginia: Thomasson-Grant. ISBN 1-56566-021-8.
  6. ^ Loewenstein, Lael. "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  7. ^ Liang, John (February 8, 2023). "Famed National Geographic Underwater Photographer Emory Kristof Passes Away". Deeper Blue. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  8. ^ "Divers of the Year" (PDF). Beneath the Sea. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Beneath the Sea honors Emory Kristof". Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "The Wired 25". Wired. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

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