About StormStock

Cinematographer Martin Lisius photographing Hurricane Katrina

The Prairie Pictures StormStock library, founded in 1993 by cinematographer and producer Martin Lisius, is recognized as the highest quality collection of storm imagery in the world. The majority of StormStock originates on premium formats. Our images are licensed to film and television industry producers worldwide for use in broadcast, theatrical, commercials and corporate video productions, and to print media professionals for use in advertising, periodicals and other publications.

We shoot our own material which allows us to maintain the quality of our product from creation to delivery. Since StormStock is operated and maintained by photographers, we possess an intimate knowledge of our collection and can quickly locate and deliver the best possible imagery to our clients.

StormStock clients and projects include: ABC News, Allstate Insurance, "An Inconvenient Truth," "The Avengers," "Beneath the Banyan Trees," The Boeing Company, Bozell Worldwide, CBC, CBS News, Chervrolet, CNN, "Criminal Minds," "Dateline NBC," "The Devil Wears Prada," Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, "Free Agents," Hummer, "I Survived," IMAX, Industrial Light & Magic, Leo Burnett USA, McDonalds, Microsoft, Modernista!, MTV, National Geographic, Nike, Nissan, Norelco, PBS, "Rambo 4," Ogilvy & Mather, Optic Nerve USA,"Provinces of Night," "Spy Kids," Subaru, "The Tree of Life," Timberland, Twentieth Century Fox, The Weather Channel.