Mariana Gosnell Explained
Mariana Eleanor Gosnell (October 28, 1932 – March 23, 2012)[1] was an artist, journalist, photographer, pilot and book author originally from Columbus, Ohio.
Biography
Gosnell graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University and also spent time at the Sorbonne in Paris. She worked for Newsweek for twenty-five years, as medicine and science reporter[2] and editor,[3] additionally contributing to Smithsonian and National Wildlife.[4]
She died of cancer in March 2012.
In July 2016, a New York Times journalist live-streamed the discovery of some slide photographs by the side of a New York City trash can, and in course of time discovered them to be Gosnell's original photographs.[5] The story was picked up by several online publications.[6] [7] [8]
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.[9]
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Mariana Gosnell. Fold3. April 14, 2020.
- Web site: Mariana GOSNELL . Kenora, ON . Your Life Moments . . 27 August 2018.
- News: Mariana Eleanor Gosnell's Obituary . . 1 April 2012 . 27 August 2018 . Legacy.com.
- Web site: Mariana Gosnell . . 27 August 2018.
- News: Fragments of a Life: A Curbside Mystery . 13 July 2016 . . 27 August 2018 . Deborah . Acosta.
- The Mystery of an Abandoned Bag of Kodachrome Slides in NYC . 15 July 2016 . 27 August 2018 . Michael . Zhang . PetaPixel.
- Web site: Reconstructing a life: Journalist finds discarded slides and live streams the ensuing mystery . Jeremy . Gray . 15 July 2016 . 27 August 2018 . Imaging Resource.
- Web site: How The New York Times solved a mystery with the help of Facebook Live . 15 July 2016 . 27 August 2018 . Kristen . Hare . Poynter.org.
- Book: Ice. University of Chicago Press .