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Jan 23, 2021 · Eight years ago, Sam Bloom was enjoying a family holiday in Thailand with her husband Cameron and three sons, Rueben, Noah and Oliver. “Cam and I have always loved travelling, so we thought we wanted to take the boys overseas,” the 49-year-old told SBS News at her home in Sydney's northern beaches.
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After the accident, Bloom endured seven months of rehabilitation and then returned to her house in Australia. In a 2017 piece for TIME, Bloom described the harrowing experience of being in such a familiar place that suddenly felt wrenchingly unfamiliar. “When viewed from a wheelchair, the once-familiar sanctuary of love and comfort became an alien ...
Three months after Bloom returned home her 11-year-old son, Noah, found the injured baby magpie, which the family named Penguin. The tiny bird had fallen out of its nest and dropped over 60 feet onto an asphalt parking lot, where she would have died had the Bloom family not taken her home. Sam Bloom wrote that caring for Penguin was an undertaking—...
When Naomi Watts read Penguin Bloom, she was so moved by the family’s story that she wanted to adapt it for the screen. She told People: “The images were so compelling, and the story was filled with courage and hope.” The Bloom family was intimately involved in the adaptation—Sam Bloom allowed Watts to read her journals, and the movie was shot in t...
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Dec 28, 2020 · Is Sam's husband, Cameron Bloom, a photographer? Yes. The Penguin Bloom true story confirms that the real Cameron Bloom is a professional photographer. Many of his images can be viewed in the Penguin Bloom book and on the family's Instagram account.
Penguin Bloom is a 2020 Australian drama film directed by Glendyn Ivin, from a screenplay by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, and is based on the book of the same name by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive. It stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver.
17K Followers, 589 Following, 1,496 Posts - Cameron Bloom (@cambloom) on Instagram: "Sydney based photographer and co author of Penguin Bloom and Sam Bloom."
Jan 21, 2021 · Cameron Bloom is the photographer husband of Sam Bloom, who survived a tragic accident and inspired a Netflix movie. He took photos of Sam and their adopted magpie Penguin, which became a book and a film starring Naomi Watts.
Jan 27, 2021 · Penguin Bloom, which Watts aproduced, begins with the moment that changed Sam Bloom's life forever. In 2013, Bloom, her husband Cameron, and their three sons traveled to a remote village in the Gulf of Thailand for a vacation.
