Eric Meola's photographs are included in the archive of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the International Center of Photography in New York City, and the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. His previous books include Born to Run: The Unseen Photos (Insight Editions, 2006), and INDIA: In Word & Image (Welcome Books, 2008). He has won numerous awards, including the 'Advertising Photographer of the Year' award in 1986 from the American Society of Media Photographers. In 2014, he received the 'Power of the Image' George Eastman award as part of ceremonies and an exhibition in Beijing, China.
'In 1977, Eric Meola and I took a trip to the American Southwest to take some photos for my album, Darkness on the Edge of Town. As usual, Eric caught some great pictures but what he really captured was something in the sky and in the lay of the land that deeply revealed the grandeur and character of the country. This book extends that narrative and reaches something profound.'--Bruce Springsteen. 'Meola has spent four decades photographing storms on America's Great Plains and has produced a sensational body of work from his trips. And lucky us, some of his very best efforts have been committed to print.' - Daily Mail. '...there is beauty even in the most dangerous storms-and photographer and author Eric Meola highlighted the best of his storm-chasing in his new book, Fierce Beauty: Storms of the Great Plains. Check out some of the incredible images he captured, along with his memories of the awe-inspiring weather he witnessed.'-- Reader's Digest Culture.