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<span class="text"><font color="#ffffff" class="text"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <h3> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>NEWS<br /> </strong></span></span></h3> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Aug 19 - "Telling Their Stories: The Lingering Legacy of the Katrina Photographs," an exhibit of 53 iconic shots of the Gulf Coast disaster, taken by professional photojournalists, opens tonight at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. The exhibit, which runs through September 19, includes the work of extreme-weather photographer Jim Reed. </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jim's image of Hurricane Katrina approaching the southern Mississippi coastline during astronomincal twilight on August 28, is one of the photographs chosen by curator David Houston for the exhibit.<br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>"Look at the deep blue bands of cloud that blanket Jim Reed's photo of the Gulfport, MIssissippi, beach, just hours before Katrina roared ashore. The cool, calming, unbroken, horizontal seascape is a masterpiece of foreboding, considering the cruel storm aproaching." -- </em></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Doug MacCash,</span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> art critic, </span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Times-Picayune. </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The exhibit includes the work of 35 photographers chosen from submissions made from all over the world. To learn more about the exhibit, please <a href="http://tellingtheirstories.com/" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Aug 15 - Jim is currently wrapping up a 6-week project on the record-setting heat.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jul 26 - Jim is currently on-location.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jul 15 - Extreme-weather photographer Jim Reed will appear tonight in the WGN News special, "Chased by Tornadoes" on Chicago's very own WGN (Channel 9) and WGN America at 9:30 PM CDT. Join Jim and storm chaser Mike Phelps as they lead legendary WGN-TV chief meteorologist Tom Skilling to his first tornado!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jun 28 - Extreme-weather photographer and author Jim Reed will speak at Tulane University in New orleans, Louisiana on June 30, 2010. The award-winning documentary and fine art photographer will be one of several guest speakers appearing on behalf of the People to People Ambassador Program, "Rebuilding New Orleans: Remembering Hurricane Katrina." 2010 marks the five-year anniversary of the catastrophic hurricane. Also speaking at the 9-day event, attended by students from the United States and around the world: Lt. General Russel L. Honore, YSA (Ret), leader of the Task Force Katrina in 2005; Tom Piazza, author of the award-winning book, "Why New Orleans Matters;" Spike Lee, director of the award-winning documentary, "When the Levees Broke;" Condoleeza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State; and Super Bowl MVPs Peyton and Eli Mannning.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jun 15 - Jim wrapped a 23-consecutive day shoot with the VORTEX 2 tornado research project today.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jun 02 - Jim reviews a variety of camera bags in the newest issue of Men's Journal Magazine. Available at bookstores and news stands now!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jun 01 - Jim is currently on-location with the VORTEX 2 tornado research project.</span></span></div> <p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /> <br /> <br /> </span></span></p> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><font style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </font></span></span></div> </font></span><br> <h1> Storm chaser and extreme weather photographer Jim Reed documents tornadoes and hurricanes and more.</h1>
