Lori Grace Bailey

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About

Lori Grace Bailey is a professional wedding/portrait photographer who also enjoys chasing extreme weather and extraordinary skies. Lori's work has appeared in major publications and television outlets including the March/June issue of Backpacker Magazine and is a brand ambassador for F-Stop Gear. Whether chasing supercells and tornados in the mid-west, haboobs in the southwest, or elusive sprites when conditions are right, Lori’s passionate dedication of pursuing extreme weather allows her to consistently capture vivid and evocative imagery unique to her craft. Lori is also the director of Monsoon Con, an annual convention in Tucson, Arizona that brings together photographers and weather enthusiasts alike with an emphasis on storm chasing with success. Finally, Lori is a dedicated NFT artist whose work can be found on Foundation and OpenSea.

Lori is a Hispanic transwoman dedicating much of her time to elevating artists by prolifically hosting “Women in NFT” Twitter Spaces focused on supporting and onboarding women, lgbtqI+, and other marginalized groups into the NFT space.

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The Passionate Pursuit

It's amazing how easily it is to find ourselves giving in to complacency and grinding daily through an ordinary routine of work, eat, sleep. I also accepted a routine of hiding my true self before the world, and it further eroded any hopes of chasing my passion. Eventually I found myself at a crossroads that only offered one road to healing, choosing to live as my authentic self. Through support from a few family and friends, I was able to see the world through a sort of technicolor eye. I'm trans, but I'm also a parent, a spouse, a guitar player, a public speaker, and a photographer who wants to show the world that life can be as extraordinary as the skies I pursue. Welcome to my world of technicolor.

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Undaunted

Undaunted is a limited series of severe weather timelapse videos I'm captured over the last 6 years of pursuing extraordinary storms. It is my hope to finally convey both the danger and emotion that captivates me every time I position in front of these monolithic beasts.

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Lori Grace Bailey Editions

un·daunt·ed : Not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment.In all my years pursuing extreme weather, the difficulty in capturing extraordinary images isn't necessarily left to the inherent risk factors of storm chasing. Avoiding injury or death from lightning, tornados, flooding, these are all known risks to the extreme weather photographer. But professionals understand how to at least mitigate risk by accurate forecasting, and trying to stay one step ahead of the storm. The difference between those who excel and those who quit is determination. For every disappointment, for every mile driven, for every time a camera is destroyed from high winds, there is an extreme weather photographer who persists. They are undaunted in their pursuit for the extraordinary.

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