Eli Reed

" A Long Walk Home [is] a definitive–that is, big-retrospective of the work of Mr. Reed, a longtime member of Magnum. Working from an original selection of about 1,000 images-face it, his interests are wide and his eye wide-ranging-the book has some 250 photos that chronicle not just the world, but also Mr. Reed’s search for understanding of the human condition." (New York Times Lens Blog) "Reed, the first African American to join the prestigious photo collective Magnum, has witnessed and experienced the world through its many turns; tender, tumultuous, violent, vigorous, hopeful and helpless. Although he photographs from a six-foot-five-inch height, his work is never aloof, it is full of compassionate, intimate and grounded moments." (Smithsonian Magazine) "Whether he’s photographing Hollywood actors or armed militia men, Eli Reed’s work can be characterized by a distinct sense of humanity and empathy. His book, A Long Walk Home ... is an expansive testament to this quality through more than 250 black-and-white images from several continents and more than five decades covering a wide spectrum of subjects." (Slate Behold Blog)

" A Long Walk Home [is] a definitive–that is, big-retrospective of the work of Mr. Reed, a longtime member of Magnum. Working from an original selection of about 1,000 images-face it, his interests are wide and his eye wide-ranging-the book has some 250 photos that chronicle not just the world, but also Mr. Reed’s search for understanding of the human condition." (New York Times Lens Blog) "Reed, the first African American to join the prestigious photo collective Magnum, has witnessed and experienced the world through its many turns; tender, tumultuous, violent, vigorous, hopeful and helpless. Although he photographs from a six-foot-five-inch height, his work is never aloof, it is full of compassionate, intimate and grounded moments." (Smithsonian Magazine) "Whether he’s photographing Hollywood actors or armed militia men, Eli Reed’s work can be characterized by a distinct sense of humanity and empathy. His book, A Long Walk Home ... is an expansive testament to this quality through more than 250 black-and-white images from several continents and more than five decades covering a wide spectrum of subjects." (Slate Behold Blog)

A Magnum photographer since 1988, Eli Reed is the author of two highly praised books, Black in America , a twenty-year survey of the African American experience, and Beirut: City of Regrets . He is also a member of the Kamoinge photographers’ collective and an honorary member of the Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers, and has photographed and made short documentaries on the sets of over twenty feature films. Reed has lectured and taught at the International Center of Photography, Columbia University, the Smithsonian, New York University, and Harvard University. He currently serves as Clinical Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Paul Theroux is the author of over thirty novels and short story collections, as well as numerous works of nonfiction focused on travel, including The Great Railway Bazaar .