Award-Winning Photograph of Kansas Storm Receives International Attention
A photograph of a Kansas thunderstorm shot on June 5, 2004 in eastern Barber County by extreme weather photographer Jim Reed is receiving international recognition and a variety of prestigious photographic awards.
(PRWEB) June 3, 2005 --A photograph of a Kansas thunderstorm shot on June 5,
2004 in eastern Barber County by extreme weather photographer Jim Reed is
receiving international recognition and a variety of prestigious photographic
awards. The image, titled “A Bolt from the Gray,” is featured in the June issue
of National Geographic Magazine and it’s the featured June photograph of the
month in the 19th annual popular Accord Weather Guide Calendar.
Later
this month, Reed will receive a First Place Award for the image at the National
Press Photographer Association’s 2005 Best of Photojournalism Awards Banquet in
San Antonio, Texas.
Earlier this year “A Bolt from the Gray” received an
Award of Excellence from the highly competitive 62nd Annual Pictures of the Year
International and First Place honors in the stock photography category of the
PDN Photo Annual 2005. In January the photograph won the MSNBC Reader’s Choice
Award for Best Picture of 2004.
The photo shows an isolated lightning
bolt striking the ground beneath a striated thunderstorm during a colorful
sunset. Defined as a “supercell” by meteorologists, the picturesque storm
crossed nearly half the state in a somewhat rare due-south direction before
weakening. The storm prompted multiple warnings and dropped hailstones the size
of baseballs.
Reed, who works full-time as a professional storm chaser,
has been working on a long-term project on America’s changing climate since
1991. He divides his time between Wichita and Columbia, South Carolina. A
courtesy copy of the image is available to the media upon
request.
Contact:
Jim Reed
316-371-9621
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