Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey

The weather used to be reported after the news; today, it often is the news. Tracking news-making weather, storm chasers seek dramatic images of tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, lightning storms, and other extreme and unusual weather phenomena. News organizations compete to broadcast and publish these images because people care passionately about the weather.

Jim Reed is one of America’s most successful and award-winning storm chasers in an era when global climate is changing. His fifteen years of photography documents this change. As the years go by, he sees spring come earlier, summers get hotter, and tornadoes and hurricanes increase in frequency and intensity. In Storm Chaser, a beautiful picture book about some of the most powerful—and sometimes deadly—phenomena in our world, Reed shares his best images and his experiences as he tracks these storms throughout the country.

Jim Reed is recognized as one of the world’s most accomplished extreme-weather photographers. A veteran full-time storm chaser, he has spent nearly two decades documenting almost every type of meteorological phenomena—including tornadoes, blizzards, electrical storms, and floods. He has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, and numerous other TV and radio programs.