INCREDIBLE ART STORMS
We gathered a collection of stunning works by fine art photographers who capture the magnificent power of storms.
Aussie landscape photographer, Christian Fletcher, wasn’t alone when he witnessed this incredible storm. His fellow photographer friends were out there too, in the middle of of the field, with their Nikons and Hasselblads. Fletcher, however, stunned us with his take. This is actually a compilation of three photos “stitched” together.
Photo: Jim Reed.
Jim Reed, used to think he had bad luck when it came to weather. But then he got smart about it and embraced it. He became one of the great pioneers of weather photography.
Photo: Jim Reed.
Reed was one of the first storm chasers. He honed his craft, documenting dozens of tornados and hurricanes. He developed into one of the greatest talents in the fine art of photographing storms. And, in doing so, he has become a climate activist.
It’s hard to imagine the sheer drama of the moment, when Reed took his shots, because the photos themselves are so incredibly powerful.
Reed is now based in Kansas, where his commute to the storm “office,” just a shot away in Tornado Alley, is a breeze.
Photo: James Bo Insogna. Boulder County Colorado Lightning Storm.
James Bo Insogna is The Lightning Man. Based in Boulder, CO, He know just how and where to find the best bolts. And, he knows how to get the money shot. But more than just a series of lucky grabs with nice composition, Isogna’s photos are crescendos.
Photo: James Bo Insogna. Highway 52 Lightning Storm Boulder County Colorado.
Chances are, you’ve never seen storms the way Insogna sees them. The lightning in his photos explodes, sending epic clouds off like fluffy bits of shrapnel.
Photo: James Bo Insogna. “Lightning Storm, Full Moon, Misty Lake.”
Or you’ll see a bolt so charged, it rips through a Prussian blue velvet sky and offers a glimpse of a giant supernatural looking moon.
Check out Isogna’s blog, The Lightning Man, for more mind-blowing works of electric art.
Photo: Di Fruscia. Before the Storm. Namibia.
Although this is Before the Storm, the scene looks already wind-swept on this Namibian plain. Fine Art Nature and Landscape photographer, Di Fruscia has been immersed in the arts and in the natural world his entire life. His father was a professional photographer and his mother was an artist.
Di Fruscia’s award-winning photos do have a painterly quality. And they fullfill his key mission: to capture nature in “Perfect Light.”
Photo: Jack Curran. Colorado Storm.
Sometimes photographers find the storms to shoot. Sometimes the storms find them. A great storm found photographer Jack Curran one day in Colorado. He couldn’t resist the temptation to resist the rapidly approaching extreme weather. He pulled over to the side of the road, set up his 4 x 5 camera inside his car’s hatchback to give it some shelter from the elements, and hung out long enough to take this awesome shot. It’s one of the most colorful black and white images we’ve seen. The sky is packed with punches.
Photo: Ryan McGinnis. Hill City Kansas Storm.
Storm chaser, Ryan McGinnis, is part fine art photographer and part scientist. And he uses both skill sets and talents to produce storm portraits that will shock you with their raw beauty.
Photo: Ryan McGinnis. Rozel Kansas Tornado, May 18, 2013.
McGinnis stalks supercells—large, rotating storms that can produce tornadoes, and squall lines—massive fronts that roll out like a giant carpet across wide open land.
See more of McGinnis’ terrific storm photos on his blog, Big Storm Picture.
Photo: Marla Rutherford. 1940’s WWII Ball 2013.
Two gathering storms brew in each others’ presence, one in the sky and one on the field, at this WW2 reenactment. Maria Rutherford captures the parallel drama beautifully.
Rutherford, an Art Center College of Design graduate, uses strobe lighting in unique ways. Here photos have a surreal photojournalistic feel.
Photo: Emma Powell. Against the Storm.
We love Emma Powell’s “Against the Storm!” We feel the shiver in her bones just thinking about the weather! We feel the wind burn her cheeks and love the way her hair illustrates its velocity. And we love the tender grays against the big sky as the she faces down the storm.
Emma Powell is an award-winning fine art photographer, currently serving as Artist in Residence and Full-Time Visiting Lecturer at Iowa State University. Check out her blog, Forever Ago Photo.
Read about Beautiful Storms all this week, as they relate to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact, including True Powerful Storm Stories, New Ways to Predict Storms, and 10 Crazy-Good Cocktail Storms.
Get busy and enter the BN Competitions, Our theme this week is Beautiful Storms. Send in your images and ideas. Deadline is 11.10.13.
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Also, check out our special competition: The Most Beautiful Sound in the World! We are thrilled about this effort, together with SoundCloud and The Sound Agency. And we can’t wait to hear what you’ve got!
