Hurricane book featured at Miami Book Fair

On August 24, 1992, the most damaging hurricane to hit the US in nearly a century slammed into Miami-Dade County. Photographer and Grovite Barry Fellman has a new book out called, "Hurricane," which shows the drama and devastation wreaked by the Category 5 storm through spectacular bold images, most of which have never been seen before. The book focuses on the effect of the storm’s extreme forces at the Kendall-Tamiami airport, just blocks away from Country Walk, the residential community that was completely decimated at this pivotal moment in Florida history.

Barry and meteorologist Bryan Norcross, who contributed to the book, will be featured at the Miami Book Fair on Saturday, November 18 at 10:30 am in Room 7128 (Building 7, first floor Floor) 300 NE Second Avenue.

Barry's color photographs pack a punch that hits you with the intensity of a once in a lifetime event. These pictures transport you to an unreal world where the photographer transforms chaos into art.

"I put them away for a couple of decades in a box that stayed closed - they were too much to deal with at the time. I started thinking about the photos more and more and after a (long) while decided I was good to get them out and look. Last year I thought with 25 coming up that seemed to be a good target date to get them out," says Barry.

Hurricane features essays by New York Times photography critic Vicki Goldberg, and then WTVJ-NBC chief meteorologist and hero Bryan Norcross, "the man who talked South Florida through" the Great Hurricane of 1992.

Miami based Exile Books published an Artist's Book with a handcrafted metallic cover evoking the twisted airplanes in the book's images. There is also a soft cover edition. 

Barry Fellman’s photographs have been exhibited at museums, galleries and public venues in South Florida and nationally. Barry, a native Miamian, has contributed to the cultural landscape as an artist, educator and curator. He currently serves as director of Center for Visual Communication, a South Florida based non-profit organization that provides visual arts resources and programming to government, schools and cultural institutions. He is a Silver Knight awardee and is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner grant for visual arts.