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Bio & CV
Currently this Wikipedia article doesn't adequately draw upon the vast quantity of material produced during Kristof' career. In service of future editors looking for sources, below is a copy of Emory Kristof's Resume and CV:

Education:

B.S., Journalism, University of Maryland, 1964

Positions:

Photographic Intern, National Geographic Magazine, 1963

Staff Photographer, National Geographic Magazine, 1964-1994

Special Projects Photographer, National Geographic Magazine, 1994-2001 Contributing Photographer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society, 2001-

Honors/Awards:

Innovation in Photography Award, American Society of Magazine Photographers, 1986 Lowell Thomas Award for Underwater Exploration, The Explorers Club, 1986

NOGI Award for Arts, the Underwater Society of America, 1988

Diver of the Year, Boston Sea Rovers, 1988

Northeast Diver of the Year, Beneath the Sea, 1988

Our World Underwater Award for 1996

The J. Winton Lemon Fellowship Award, National Press Photographers Association, 1998

The “Wired Magazine 25” class of 1998

“Volcanoes of the Deep Sea” won the top award in the La Geode Film Festival in Paris as the best large format film made in 2003. It also won the Kodak Image Award for Best Cinematography. As Supervising Producer he worked 12 years to get IMAX film made. “Volcanoes of the Deep Sea” won the Best of Marine and Earth Sciences category at the BLUE Ocean Film Festival 2009 in Savannah, Georgia.

The WYLAND ICON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, 2009

Ralph B. White Memorial Award for Oceanographic Exploration, Explorers Club, 2012

Accomplishments:

First photographs of manned submersibles at 12,000 feet in 1977 First movie filming of manned submersibles at 8,500 feet in 1979

Construction of first color CCD camera to be used outside of a lab, done with RCA in 1978. Tape from this camera was the heart of a 1979 Geographic TV special on the new life forms discovered at 8,500 feet in volcanic hot springs of the Galapagos Rift.

Equipped the Benthos robot vehicle with still and video cameras of own design in order to film and tape the HAMILTON/ SCOURGE wrecks in Lake Ontario (March 1983, NGM).

Used the same system to cover the BREADALBANE in the Arctic (July 1983, NGM).

Did preliminary design of the electronic camera system for ARGO vehicle that found the TITANIC (December 1985, NGM)

Engaged in photography of man ' s first encounter with deep water sharks at 2,000 feet with Dr. Eugenie Clark off Bermuda, 1986.

Led ROV and submersible surveys of Monterey Canyon, 1988, and Suruga Bay, 1989. Led Lake Baikal expedition and found hot water vent animals in fresh water, 1990.

Organizer of Soviet/Canadian TITANIC IMAX Expedition in 1991. Shot video footage of TITANIC in 3-D with 2 subs and HMI lights.

Led photo survey of C.S.S. ALABAMA off coast of France in 1992.

Led ROV photo survey of 16th c. wreck SAN DIEGO in the Philippines, 1993.

ALVIN Survey of 10 degree North DEEP SEA VENTS in stills and 3-D video, 1993.

Conducted ROV survey of Bowie Seamount in Gulf of Alaska, 1995.

Organized and led project to recover the Bell of the EDMUND FITZGERALD in 1995. First deep water images done with High Definition TV

Conducted photo survey of fish to 6,000 feet at Rongelap Atoll in Marshall Islands, 1996.

Led "rope-cam" expedition in Kaikoura Canyon, New Zealand. First attack of shark by squid at 2,400 feet, 1997.

Shot the first ever High Definition Color Video of DEEP SEA VENTS at 10 degrees North, 1997 and 1999.

Led project to make first color images of the interior of the sunken Battleship ARIZONA, 2000

Shot High Definition Color Video of the BISMARCK at 15,700 feet, 2001

Conducted ROV survey of cenotes in the Yucatan searching for Mayan artifacts, 2002

Produced 3 videos for a National Geographic Museum show on shipwrecks, including a 3-D tour of the TITANIC that requires no viewing devices (first use of this technology for public viewing in the world—show ran until September 2002 at Washington Hdq.)

Conducted ROV imaging of biology in the Arctic Ocean as far North as 77 degrees and as deep as 9,300 feet, 2002

After 12 years, the IMAX Film which Emory initiated with Stephen Low Productions on the “Volcanoes of the Deep Sea” made its way into theaters world-wide in the summer of 2003. Emory was listed as Supervising Producer. It represents the biggest investment the NSF ever made in a film.

Used his RopeCams in Antarctica in 2005 and made the first pictures of Patagonia Toothfish where they live at a depth of 4,900 feet off of South Georgia Island.

Conceived, and with Dr. Larry Madin of WHOI was co-leader of the Inner Space Speciation Project (study of marine biology to the depth of 3,000 meters in the Celebes Sea) in 2007.

Publications—National Geographic Magazine Stories with a master photographic credit:

“Of Planes and Men”, a world-wide report on the U.S. Air Force, Sep. 1965, 298-349. “Sailors of the Sky”, soaring sailplanes kept aloft by rising air currents, Jan. 1967, 49-73. “From Sword to Scythe in Champlain Country”, Lake Champlain, Aug. 1967, 153-201. “Lonely Cape Hatteras, Besieged by the Sea”, Sep. 1969, 393-421.

“The Netherlands Antilles: Holland in the Caribbean”, Jan. 1970, 115-146. “Behold the Computer Revolution”, Nov. 1970, 593-633.

“Computer Helps Scholars Re-create an Egyptian Temple”, Nov. 1970, 634-655, COVER

“The Lower Keys, Florida’s Out Islands”, Jan. 1971, 72-93.

“Bermuda—Balmy, British, and Beautiful”, Jul. 1971, 93-121.

“Will Oil and Tundra Mix? Alaska’s North Slope Hangs in the Balance”, Oct. 1971, 485- 517.

“New Tricks Outwit Our Insect Enemies”, Sep. 1972, 380-399.

“The Search for Tomorrow’s Power”, Nov. 1972, 650-681.

“The Last U.S. Whale Hunters”, Mar. 1973, 346-353, AUTHOR & COVER. “Whatever Happened to the TVA?”, Jun. 1973, 830-863.

“Oil, the Dwindling Treasure”, Jun. 1974, 792-825.

“Tanzania Marches to It Own Drum”, Apr. 1975, 474-509.

“Where the Earth Turns Inside Out”, May 1975, 586-603.

“Dive Into the Great Rift”, May 1975, 604-615.

“Can We Harness the Wind”, Dec. 1975, 812-829.

“Solar Energy, the Ultimate Powerhouse”, Mar. 1976, 381-397.

“This Land of Ours—How Are We Using It?” Jul. 1976, 20-67.

“Window on Earth’s Interior”, Aug. 1976, 228-249.

“Loch Ness: The Lake and the Legend”, Jun 1977, 759-779.

The Promise and Peril of Nuclear Power”, Apr. 1979, 459-493.

“Ghost Ships of the War of 1812: Hamilton and Scourge”, Mar. 1983, 289-313, COVER. “Exploring a 140-year-old Ship Under Arctic Ice”, Jul. 1983, 104A-104D, COVER. “NR-1, the Navy’s Inner-Space Shuttle”, Apr. 1985, 450-459.

“Sharks at 2,000 Feet”, Nov. 1986, 681-691, AUTHOR.

“Between Monterey Tides”, Feb. 1990, 2-43.

“Suruga Bay: In the Shadow of Mount Fuji”, Oct. 1990, 2-39.

“Allies in the Deep”, Feb. 1991, 39-47.

“San Diego: An Account of Adventure, Deceit, and Intrigue”, Jul. 1994, 35-57.

“Rebirth of a Deep-sea Vent”, Nov. 1994, 114-126.

“Requiem for the Edmund Fitzgerald”, Jan. 1996, 36-47.

“Realm of the Seamount”, Nov. 1996, 72-79.

“Testing the Waters of Rongelap”, Apr. 1998, 62-75, AUTHOR.

“Deep Mysteries of Kaikoura Canyon”, Jun. 1998, 106-117.

“Titanic: Tragedy in Three Dimensions”, Aug. 1998, 120-127.

“New Eyes on the Oceans Deep Sea Vents”, Oct. 2000, 116-127.

“Dawn in the Deep, the Bizarre World of Hydrothermal Vents”, Feb. 2003, 92-103.

Publications—National Geographic Magazine Stories with a major input, but not a master photo credit:

“Today and Tomorrow in Our National Parks”, Jul. 1966, 1-92, COVER. “Volcano Overwhelms an Icelandic Village”, Jul. 1973, 40-67, COVER. “Oases of Life in the Cold Abyss”, Oct. 1977, 441-453.

“Return to Oases of the Deep”, Nov. 1979, 689-705.

“How We Found Titanic”, Dec. 1985, 696-719.

“Down the Cayman Wall”, Nov. 1988, 712-731.

“Lake Baykal’s Deep Vent: A Fresh Water First”, Geographica, Dec.1990.

“Russia’s Lake Baikal: The World’s Great Lake”, June 1992, 2-39.

“Deep Sea Geysers of the Atlantic”, Oct. 92, 105-109.

“U.S.S. Arizona—Oil & Honor at Pearl Harbor”, Jun. 2001, 84-99.

“Northern Exposure”, Exploring the Arctic’s remote Canada Basin, Jan. 04, 100-117. “Way Down Deep”, In Monterey Canyon where the sun never shines, Jun. 04, 36-55.

VIDEO AND FILM:


 * 1) 1979—“Dive to the Edge of Creation” The story of the discovery of the hot water vents in the Galapagos Rift at 8,500 feet had the first color motion film of ALVIN on the bottom at the vent sites. The first solid-state color video of the vent animals was made for this PBS program.
 * 2) 1983---Short color video of Hamilton/Scourge Project was shown at Geographic Museum.
 * 3) 1983---Joe MacInnis had a one-hour film made of the BREADALBANE Adventure that included a lot of Chris ROV footage of the shipwreck under the ice at 340 feet in the NW Passage.
 * 4) 1986 & 1987---Two Geographic TV films made offshore in Bermuda with Eugenie Clark, and Teddy Tucker and the PISCES VI submersible. Showed deepsea 6-gill sharks as deep as a mile.
 * 5) 1988---3-D theater showed a 3:50 minute film of deepsea Bermuda life for a year in the Geographic Museum celebrating Geographic Centennial, featured Eugenie Clark and Emory.
 * 6) 1988---Geographic TV film on Monterey Canyon featuring Eugenie Clark, Chris Nicholson, Emory. Filmed with Geographic ROV and ALVIN submarine.
 * 7) 1989---Geographic TV film on Suruga Bay Japan featuring Eugenie Clark, Chris Nicholson, David Doubilet, Emory. Filmed with Chris Nicholson and Geographic ROVs, and the French NAUTILE submersible. MONSTER SHARK
 * 8) 1989---2 gill sharks wrestling at 4,000 feet off of Bermuda, shot from MIRS.
 * 9) 1991--- Emory organized the MIR “TITANICA” IMAX film, and worked with  Chris Nicholson on the design and building of the powerful HMI lighting. Emory was featured in the film. He produced a 15 minute 3-D film “REQUIEM FOR TITANIC” that was shown to 60,000 people at Geographic Museum.
 * 10) 1995---Chris Nicholson made an early ROV survey of the EDMUND FITZGERALD and Emory organized a project to recover the bell of the FITZGERALD using three submersibles. This was covered in a one hour Discovery TV show.
 * 11) 1996---Emory was featured in a Geographic TV show made by Wes Skiles on the shark life found around the radioactive Rongelap atoll near Bikini.
 * 12) 1997---good low-light video clip of shark at 2,500 feet being attacked by squid in Kaikoura Canyon.
 * 13) 2001---Emory produced and filmed a short HD video from MIR I at 15,700 feet of the BISMARCK for a Geographic Museum show on shipwrecks.
 * 14) 2003---Emory originated and initiated with Stephen Low the IMAX FILM “VOLCANOES OF THE DEEP SEA,” most complete vent film.
 * 15) 2009---Using the Chris Nicholson ROV and a solid science staff the NGTV produced INTO THE ABYSS a first time study of marine biology to 3,000 meters in the Celebes Sea.

Will Szal (talk) 20:44, 5 February 2023 (UTC)