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This is work by guy named Brain Bress

He is a Los Angeles based artist and filmmaker. He received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 and his MFA from University of California, Los Angeles in 2006. His collages, photographs, videos and paintings have been exhibited in various group shows and film festivals in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, including Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation, Black Maria Film Festival, New York Director’s Club Biennial and The LA Weekly Biennial. In 2001, he created a pilot for MTV Animation Studios. Upcoming exhibitions include an October solo show at The University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, a group show in November at Cirrus Gallery in Los Angeles, and a project room in December at Angstrom Gallery in Los Angeles. Also Brian is currently working on an artist book to come out in 2007, published by 2nd Cannons Publications.

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First Photograph of Tornado

Aug. 28, 1884:The weather outside is frightful, but that doesn’t stop F. N. Robinson from taking a picture of three separate funnel clouds starting to swirl above the small town of Howard City, in what was then known as Dakota Territory. That afternoon he apparently becomes the first person to photograph a tornado

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