Warren Faidley (born May 11, 1957) is an American storm chaser.
Faidley is credited as the world's first full-time, professional storm photographer.
Biography
Faidley is a graduate from
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...
and
Pima Community College
Pima Community College (PCC) is a Public university, public community college in Pima County, Arizona. It serves the Tucson, Arizona, Tucson metropolitan area with a community college district consisting of five campuses, four education centers, ...
.
His very first tornado chase landed him in
Saragosa, Texas a small community that had been swept away by a violent
F4 tornado on May 22, 1987.
[Warren Faidley (2006 e-edition 2009) Storm Chaser - A lifelong quest to find the perfect storm. ASIN: B0028N6OMK] His professional career was launched in October 1988 after he took a photograph of lightning hitting a light pole in an oil and gasoline tank farm in
Tucson, Arizona
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. The image was published in
Life Magazine
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,
billing him as a "Storm Chaser."
In 1997 Faidley was the subject of Stephen Kramer's book ''Eye of the Storm''.
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External links
Facebook
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Living people
American photojournalists
Storm chasers
Amateur radio people
1957 births
People from Topeka, Kansas