Mitch Dobrowner: Storms Hardcover – September 30, 2013

Mitch Dobrowner has given us 51 splendid black and white images of thunderstorms. These are well done in wide format. The beauty and power of the storms is well depicted. Several of the images include tornadoes. The Introduction is by Gretel Ehrlich and is a beautiful artsy evocation of thunderstorms. The Afterwood is by Mitch himself, and gives his history and joy in photographing thunderstorms.The locations are from the Great West, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Montana and other states in between. From Mitch's Afterword, it appears he and a storm chasing friend would locate a developing storm and drive hundreds of miles all day watching it develop, mature, and age, taking photographs the whole time. Mitch says they would many times drive upwards of 7,000 to 9,000 miles in 10 days chasing the storms. The images prove it was worth the effort.Living in Nebraska, and having watched and lived through storms all my life, I can appreciate the beauty and the power of these storms that Mitch has taken portraits of.Mitch ends his Afterword with "My job is to capture a portrait of each storm I encounter, an image that does each storm justice as if the storm were a person, who I got to spend a day with to make a portrait. I want to get a photograph of a storm that I can hold up to the storm, and say, "What do you think? And the storm we be, like, "Okay, you got me!" And I agree, Mitch got the personality of each storm right.

Received my copy of Storms by Mitch Dobrowner, which is a hardcover book in wide format print, containing beautiful images of Storms all across the country. The opening is a bit "strange" ... but the section written by Dobrowner himself is excellent. He details how he does what he does - which is beautiful and inspiring. Recommend this as something you will look through again and again. Also - the kids loved it, too.

Great book of fantastic photographs by Mitch Dobrowner. I especially like the one entitled, "Arm of God." On the whole, Dobrowner's photographs are dramatic and visually interesting. I recommend the book, Storms, and this photographer's work. Check it out. It's not just nature photography.

we have seen so many images of North American storm systems in living colour. Mitch Dobrowner brings them to us in stunning black and white. And they are fabulously stunning. With photos from lesser known storm locations like North Dakota and Montana, he shows the beauty and power of what travels through the sky.

Beautiful. Gave it as a gift to someone who loves storms. Surprisingly photo books of storms are somewhat hard to come by. I was lucky to find this one. If you see a copy and you love storm pictures, snag it!

I love this book! Only wish there were a few more tornado pictures but the composition is awesome and I love the black and white. Mitch Dobrowner did a great job capturing the feeling of these storms and I am impressed with the book..

Power has an intrinsic beauty that inspires awe and fear. With his pictures, Mr. Doborowner has intensified the beauty in these amazing displays of power from mother nature, every shot is a masterpiece. A book to be look at over and over again.

Mitch Dobrowner is a big fan of Ansel Adams, and it shows. These views of storms are epic, romantic, and overwhelming. I love it! No one out there has photographed storms in this way, it's quite amazing stuff.

bought as a Christmas present for son who was very pleased with it

Beautiful book. All that it was cracked up to be.

Wonderful photographs, but a bit monotenous after a while.

incredibly beautiful images

Impressive book. Great gift