Dramatic storm clouds win photography prize

Caroline Morley, online picture researcher

(Image: Mitch Dobrowner, US, L'Iris d'Or, professional winner, Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards 2012)

This photo taken in Dundee, Texas, shows a supercell storm, which are formed when updrafts create convective rotating movements within a cloud. Supercells are associated with severe weather such as tornadoes, which are common in Texas and other southern US states and cause widespread damage.

Yesterday, fine art photographer Mitch Dobrowner was announced as the winner of the L'Iris d'Or for his series of dramatic black-and-white photos of weather taken in the plains of the American South.

Dobrowner's series of photos and the other winners and entrants of Sony World Photography Awards are on display at Somerset House in London until 20 May (entry ?7.50, concessions available).

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