Eli Reed

Election Night in Chicago

November 05, 2008

Eli Reed was in Chicago:

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Honolulu

October 04, 2008

Eli Reed visits Obama's school and finds a powwow.

 

Eyona Nemka, 31, is a native American who moved to Hawaii nine years ago. She told me about a Native American powwow that was happening in Honolulu. She said that it was a rare event and she thought that there would be a lot of Obama supporters there. I didn’t see political signs. They were practicing their religion.
I didn't stay long.

 

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Eli Reed

American, born 1946

Eli Reed began photographing in 1970 and has been a Magnum member since 1988. He has worked in Beirut (1983-87), Haiti, Panama and Hong Kong, among other places. For 20 years he has documented the African-American experience, culminating in “Black in America” (1997). He currently works as Clinical Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Texas in Austin.

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Honolulu

Eyona Nemka, 31, is a native American who moved to Hawaii nine years ago. She told me about a Native American powwow that was happening in Honolulu. She said that it was a rare event and she thought that there would be a lot of Obama supporters there. I didn’t see political signs. They were practicing their religion.
I didn't stay long.

Punahou School is the prep school that
Obama attended here. I saw classrooms,
the gym where he played on the basketball
team, some students playing volleyball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawn in concrete on a walkway on the
school grounds, you can see Obama’s
name and the name of his friend, King.
I was told that there was some discussion
by some people who claim that Obama
had a big head, even in high school;
these people said that he called himself
King Obama. No, no, I was assured,
it was actually just two friends putting
their name in stone as a memory.

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