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February 2
Eli Reed
In Honor of Black History Month
Lecture & Presentation, 5:30 p.m. Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon
Center
Born in Linden, New Jersey, Eli Reed attended
the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts where he graduated
in 1969, after studying pictorial illustration. He attended Harvard
University's a Nieman Fellow in the academic year of 1982/1983 where
he studied social analysis of war, creative writing, film script
writing, the effects of nuclear war, the histories of China, Latin
America and Japan. At the Kennedy School of Government Reed also
studied political science, urban affairs, and peace possibilities
in Central America.
He started photography as a freelancer in 1970 then
became a staff photographer for the Middletown Times Herald Record
(1977) , the Detroit News (1978) and the San Francisco Examiner
(1980). At one point in the middle 1980's Reed was contributing
photographer for the Washington Post Sunday Magazine.
Reed attracted Magnum's attention in the fall of
1982 with his work from El Salvador, Guatemala and the other countries
of Central America. In June of 1983 he joined Magnum as a nominee.
as a magnum associate (1985) then member (1988), Reed covered a
large number of editorial assignments for the National Geographic,
Life, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, People, George, London
Times and many others and has a large list of corporate clients
including Capital Holding, Save the Children, McDonald's, Polaroid,
the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and California Wellness
Foundation. He has participated in several volumes of the Day
in The Life series.
 Reed's
specific strength lies in his strong empathy, his ability to get
close to subjects that are often chosen for emotional as well as
intellectual reasons, his capacity to see the broader picture and
put his images into a historical context. These qualities are obvious
in some of his special reports such as a series on Central America
(1982), his long-term study on Beirut (1983-1987), his coverage
of the ousting of Baby Doc Duvalier in Haiti (1986), his work on
the US military action against Noriega in Panama (1989), his special
report on the Walled City in Hong Kong, and his documentation of
the black experience in America and Africa (1997).
More
on Reed and Magnum>>
Camera as Catalyst: Through the lens of the
Magnum Photographer
Coordinated by Leena Jayaswal
As history has been made, Magnum photographers
have been there: from Abbas’ photographs of the armed militants
outside the US Embassy in Iran, during the diplomat hostage crisis,
to Eli Reed’s members of the Nation of Islam standing in the
ruins of the Rodney King Riots in Los Angeles. Through their work,
this renowned cooperative of photographers have served as witnesses
to the world's history, conflict, people and places.
The Center for Social Media will host a series of
innovative workshops and lectures with Magnum photographers, getting
up close and personal with their work and their ideals. This series
recognizes the primary role of the camera as an agent of chronicling
our times and inspiring social change. Learn from the cutting edge,
uncompromising and precedent setting work that has set the agenda
for photographers worldwide for more than 50 years. The next presentation
will be in Fall 2004.
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to the right, of previous visits!
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