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Jul 16, 2017 · In this list we will dive into the 11 most scandalous celebrity fatalities, blood and motive included. Some were murdered, others tried for murder, and others only became a celebrity after their untimely death, but one thing they all have in common is the photos that captured their rare moments of mortality.
Sep 21, 2017 · Every Thursday night for the last 12 years, my wife, Fran, and I meet with people who have loved ones with a mental illness or who lost someone to suicide.
Jul 8, 2022 · The emotive outdoor gallery displays 50 smiling photos taken in the last days of people who died by suicide.
Jun 23, 2022 · The emotional outdoor gallery displays 50 smiling photos taken in the last days of people who died by suicide. It also shares the stories of shock and grief their families and friends...
- Tanyel Mustafa
- Russ Adams
- Richard Benson
- Nick Cornish
- Marie Cosindas
- Arlene Gottfried
- Stanley Greene
- Ren Hang
- Don Hunstein
- Ben Martin
- Lennart Nilsson
Russ Adams, a pioneer in tennis photography, died on June 28 at the age of 86, just weeks after the death of his wife of 65 years, Betty. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1955, he began his career at the Worcester Telegram and the Boston Herald-Travelerphotographing sports greats in the Boston area. By 1953, he had honed in on the sport of tennis ...
Photographer, educator and master printer Richard “Chip” Benson died in Providence on June 22 at the age of 73. Benson taught photography at the Yale University School of Art for more than three decades, starting in 1979, and also served as Dean from 1996-2006. Among his many accomplishments are two Guggenheim Fellowships and a MacArthur fellowship...
Photojournalist Nick Cornish died after a battle with leukemia on Jan. 18. He was only 51 years old. During his two-decade-long tenure at the London Sunday Times, he covered conflicts ranging from the wars in Libya, Syria and Iraq to riots in Europe and everything in between. He was a photographer who put himself in harm’s way on a regular basis. I...
Marie Cosindas, a pioneer in the use of color photography, died in her hometown of Boston on May 25 at the age of 93. She had studied textiles and painting at the Modern School of Fashion Design and the Boston Museum School before a 1959 trip to her family’s homeland of Greece triggered a passion for photography. After studying and attending worksh...
Street photographer Arlene Gottfrieddied on Aug. 8 from complications of breast cancer. She was 66 years old. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she was the older sister of actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried, but her compassionate, curious photos of everyday New York City stand on their own. As a teenager, she received her first camera from her father ...
Photojournalist, World Press Award winner and founding member of Noor photo agency Stanley Greene died on May 19 in Paris after a long battle with cancer. He was 68 years old. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1949, he received his first camera from his parents at age 11. As a teenager, he joined the Black Panthers and was an anti-Vietnam activist. With t...
Controversial Chinese photographer and poet Ren Hang died on Feb. 24 in Beijing. Born in Jilin, China in 1987, he wrote about his struggle with depression on his website; he was 29 and is reportedto have jumped to his death. Known for nude portraits of his friends, he began taking pictures as an advertising student while studying advertising a the ...
Don Hunstein, best known for his iconic images of Columbia Records musicians, died in on March 18, from Alzheimer’s disease, in New York, N.Y. He was 88 years old. Born in St. Louis, Mo., Hunstein first became interested in photography while in the Air Force, stationed in Fairford, England. He bought his first camera, a Leica M3, after being inspir...
Ben Martin came to photography young: He received his first camera at the age of 8 and became the youngest member of the National Press Association at 17. But when he joined TIME magazine it was as a copyboy, after a promised job in the photo department of LIFE was eliminated. Carrying around a camera around with him everywhere had its advantages, ...
Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson, well known for his groundbreaking scientific imagery, died on Jan. 28 in Stockholm. He was 94 years old. Nilsson became a household name after LIFE magazine published the April 30, 1965, cover story Drama Of Life Before Birth, a photo essay that introduced LIFE’s large audience to color images documenting the g...
Jul 19, 2017 · By pressing subjects to execute specific poses and gestures, death photos helped the living externalize personal loss. The faces of many mourners evidence the struggle.
Dr. Bach and Lorena Otto Ernest were married during the early years of their careers on August 19, 1932. Mrs. Bach was born in South Bend, Texas on October 31, 1907 and was raised in Wisconsin. She was devoted to Dr. Bach and her photography throughout their careers until her death at age 94 on September 29, 2002.
