It’s not Photoshopped. She’s standing there. For years, photographer Mike Mezeul had wanted to come up with an image of extremes, one that showed both severe weather and a human element - call it a beauty and the beast setup, pretty much like the one you’re looking at.
Mezeul’s been photographing severe weather for 16 years, but it’s not his main line of photographic work. He accepts being called a storm chaser, but considers himself “more of a storm photographer.” This is a real moment, a real person, a real tornado. No composite. Dodge City, Kansas - May 24th, 2016. Photo by Mike Mezeul.
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Growing up in Kansas, tornadoes were constant in the Spring. There was an actual tornado alley to the West of where I lived. We would watch funnel clouds pass to the West, North, West of us every Spring. Being in the flatlands, they were easy to spot. Tornadoes at night, basement... during the day, outside, watching...
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