Mariana Eleanor Gosnell (October 28, 1932 – March 23, 2012)[1][2] was an artist, journalist, photographer, pilot and book author originally from Columbus, Ohio.[3][4]

Biography

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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 for twenty-five years, as medicine and science reporter[3] and editor,[1] additionally contributing to Smithsonian and National Wildlife.[4]

She died of cancer in March 2012.[1][3]

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

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  • 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mariana Eleanor Gosnell's Obituary". The Columbus Dispatch. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Legacy.com.
  2. ^ "Mariana Gosnell". Fold3. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Mariana GOSNELL". Your Life Moments. Kenora, ON: Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Mariana Gosnell". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ^ Acosta, Deborah (13 July 2016). "Fragments of a Life: A Curbside Mystery". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. ^ Zhang, Michael (15 July 2016). "The Mystery of an Abandoned Bag of Kodachrome Slides in NYC". PetaPixel. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. ^ Gray, Jeremy (15 July 2016). "Reconstructing a life: Journalist finds discarded slides and live streams the ensuing mystery". Imaging Resource. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Ice. University of Chicago Press.

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