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Emory Kristof (November 19, 1942 – February 6, 2023) was an American photographer. He was on the expedition that discovered the
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. His work has been published in ''
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Life and career

Kristof was born in
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, on November 19, 1942. Kristof participated in multiple undersea expeditions with Canadian explorers Joseph MacInnis and
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, 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
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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
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, on February 6, 2023, at the age of 80.


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 *
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25, Class of 1998


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Wired, November 1998

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* * 1942 births 2023 deaths Photographers from Maryland People from Laurel, Maryland University System of Maryland alumni {{US-photographer-stub