Basile Ducournau

La Maison, Great Plains, USA wide-open spaces

2013

Un coup de foudre tombe à l’avant d’une très impressionnante masse orageuse.

This picture of Basile Ducournau represents at best the soft moments which can occur during stormchasing. Late, just before night, the last sun rays i...

Basile Ducournau is a French young photographer, specialized in bad weathers and storm chasing. "L'orage Parfait" (The perfect thunderstorm) was taken in New Mexico at the very end of a one month trip, followed by french main TV channel (TF1), around storm and tornado chasing. This last day, the team decided to go west, i.a at the opposite of the airport to go back to Europe and France. So they travelled from Oklohamo to Texas and then New Mexico, to take this last shot...

At the very end of the afternoon, a very violent and lasting tornado of EF-4 intensity evolved under the bases of a particularly vigorous supercell. Here she is at the height of her ...

Edition of 25 Signed and dated in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown Published: West of Last Chance (2008) Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 pr...

Edition of 25 C-print 32 x 40 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Peter Print Published: West of Last Chance (2008) Available framed in 32 x 40 in for $6250 Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred...

A flat strip of golden brown and green land dotted with outbuildings below a vast, cloudy sky captures the essence of the Canadian prairies. This landscape was created using time lapse photography...

‘Land of the Living Skies’ by Mike Grandmaison Sperling, Manitoba. Canada The word ‘prairie’ often evokes a vision of flat, endless and uninteresting landscapes. However, th...