Eli Reed (b. 1946) is a documentary photographer and a member of Magnum Photos who has a strong interest in social justice and the effects of war on society. In 1970 he began his freelance career—his work from El Salvador, Guatemala, and other Central American countries would later catch the attention of Magnum. Reed has also photographed projects concerning American children in poverty, the African American experience, Beirut, and US military involvement abroad, to name a few. He has worked on assignment for publications such as National Geographic, Life, Time, People, Newsweek, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. Reed has published two books and his photographs have been exhibited across the United States. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1982 and has won numerous other awards and fellowships including the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Documentary Photography, the Kodak World Image Award for Fine Art Photography, the World Press Photo award, and was a Pulitzer Prize runner-up in 1981. Reed is currently a Clinical Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Texas in Austin.