Mariana Gosnell

Mariana Eleanor Gosnell (died March 23, 2012, aged 79)[1] was an artist, journalist, photographer, pilot and book author originally from Columbus, Ohio.[2][3]

Biography

Gosnell graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University and also spent time at the Sorbonne in Paris.[1] She worked for Newsweek Magazine for 25 years, as medicine and science reporter[2] and editor,[1] additionally contributing to Smithsonian and National Wildlife.[3]

She died after several months' illness from cancer.[1][2]

In July 2016, a New York Times journalist live-streamed the discovery of some slide photographs by the side of a New York trash can, and in course discovered them to be Gosnell's original photographs.[4] The story was picked up by several online publications.[5][6][7]

Works

  • Zero Three Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane. Touchstone, 1994.
  • Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance. University of Chicago Press, 2005.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mariana Eleanor Gosnell's Obituary". The Columbus Dispatch. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2018 via Legacy.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mariana GOSNELL". Your Life Moments. Kenora, ON: Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Mariana Gosnell". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. Acosta, Deborah (13 July 2016). "Fragments of a Life: A Curbside Mystery". The New York Times. New York Times Company. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. Zhang, Michael (15 July 2016). "The Mystery of an Abandoned Bag of Kodachrome Slides in NYC". PetaPixel. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. Gray, Jeremy (15 July 2016). "Reconstructing a life: Journalist finds discarded slides and live streams the ensuing mystery". Imaging Resource. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. Hare, Kristen (15 July 2016). "How The New York Times solved a mystery with the help of Facebook Live". Poynter.org. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  8. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo5460653.html

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