University of Texas Press. 2015. Stated First edition. Hardcover. With the dust jacket. SIGNED by Eli Reed on the half title page. 352 pages. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

In a photographic career spanning five decades, Eli Reed A Long Walk Home presents the first career retrospective of Reed’s work. Consisting of over 250 images that span the full range of his subjects and his evolution as a photographer, the photographs are a visual summation of the human condition. Through his photographs, Reed exhibits extraordinary empathy with the people he photographs, whether they are Lost Boys in Sudan, the poor in America, or actors in Hollywood.

They include examples of Reed’s early work; a broad selection of images of people from New York to California that constitutes a brilliant collective portrait of the social, cultural, and economic experiences of Americans in our time; images of life and conflict in Africa, the Middle East, Haiti, Central America, England, Spain, South America, and China; portraits of women and Hollywood actors; and self-portraits. Reed’s artist statement and an introduction by Paul Theroux, whom Reed met while working in Africa, complete the volume.

Editorial Reviews

"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."

David Gonzalez

New York Times Lens Blog

2015-04-24

"Reed, the first African American to join the prestigious photo collective Magnum, has witnessed and experienced the world through it many turns; tender, tumultuous, violent, vigorous, hopeful and helpless. He photographs from a six-foot-five-inches tall, yet his work is never aloof, it is full of compassionate, intimate and grounded moments. "

Molly Roberts

Smithsonian Magazine

The boards show very light wear. Internally, a very light crease to the first free endpaper. Couple of soil spots to the white border of the first photograph opposite the title page. Small right angle circular crease to the upper right hand corner, varying in intensity throughout. Not obtrusive and effecting the white border only. Photographs clean and bright. The dust jacket has light wear. Small triangle shaped chip to the upper left hand corner DJ front cover. Repaired tear to the fold of the rear DJ flap. Light crease to the edges. Not price clipped.

SIGNED Eli Reed.