A luminous photographic consideration of atmospheric phenomena visual perception and life on Earth from the author of Des OiseauxIn Cloud Physics American photographer Terri Weifenbach explores the vital interconnection of our planets clouds and the intimate forms and textures of its biological life. The backbone of this work is a series of photographs for which she received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2015 made at an American research facility used for the study and measurement of clouds their origin structure particles and solar relationships. The exotic instruments she portrays are designed to express ephemeral atmospheric phenomena as sets of numeric data yet Weifenbachs camera and her way of seeing renders our organic terrestrial world as an unquantifiable mystery. The vibrant scenes of her wideranging images tiny variations of light humidity fire lightning iridescent mists and vapors glimpses of the animal kingdom and the vegetal world are like mythswithinmyths unfolding throughout the book against a backdrop of endless weather events. In an original essay Luce Lebart examines Weifenbachs work in the historical contexts of visual art and environmental science.Terri Weifenbach born 1957 is an American photographer based in Paris. She has taught at the Corcoran College of Art Design and American University both in Washington DC. Her work has been exhibited internationally for over 15 years and is in numerous collections including the Sir Elton John Photography Collection and the Museum Ludwig in Koln Germany. She has published more than 10 books with presses such as Nazraeli and Atelier EXB.