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Bill Curtsinger
Bill Curtsinger is an American photographer and writer who publishes on underwater photography and natural history subjects. Curtsinger has photographed thirty-five articles, including six cover stories for ''National Geographic'' and a cover story for ''Life (magazine), Life''. His photos have also appeared in ''Smithsonian (magazine), Smithsonian'', ''Natural History (magazine), Natural History'', various scientific journals, and a number of books worldwide. Early life and education Curtsinger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1946 and grew up in Mount Holly, New Jersey near the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Pine Barrens region. In later life, he provided photographic images for a book about the sprawling ecosystem at the barrens. As a teenager, Curtsinger was inspired to photograph the underwater arena by reading Jacques Cousteau's book ''The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure''. Cousteau was an award-winning underwater diver who captured exotic un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
