Eli Reichman began his photography career in 1977. In 1978, while a student at Kansas University, Reichman won first place in the feature and honorable mention in the picture story categories in the College Photographer of the Year contest and was selected for a summer internship at The Los Angeles Times. He stayed for a year.
A 1980 finalist in the William Randolph Hearst National Photojournalism Championship, Reichman was a portfolio selection by National Geographic Magazine for one of its three collegiate internships.
While a staff photographer at The Kansas City Star, Reichman was a member of the Pulitzer Prize team for his photographs of the Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse. While completing his Liberal Arts studies at the University of Kansas he was awarded NPPA’s Ehrenreich scholarship and as a staff photographer with The Tulsa Tribune he won the Oklahoma Press Association’s Picture of the Year.
Since 1987 Reichman has been a contract photographer for several publications, including: The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, NPR, Chronicle of Higher Education, Forbes, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Time Magazine, LeMonde and Der Spiegel.
In addition to his documentary, editorial work and corporate work, Reichman creates multimedia pieces for NGO's in Asia and Africa.
Reichman’s photographs have been used on numerous magazine and book covers and his tobacco photographs were featured in the Communication Arts photography annual.
A 1980 finalist in the William Randolph Hearst National Photojournalism Championship, Reichman was a portfolio selection by National Geographic Magazine for one of its three collegiate internships.
While a staff photographer at The Kansas City Star, Reichman was a member of the Pulitzer Prize team for his photographs of the Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse. While completing his Liberal Arts studies at the University of Kansas he was awarded NPPA’s Ehrenreich scholarship and as a staff photographer with The Tulsa Tribune he won the Oklahoma Press Association’s Picture of the Year.
Since 1987 Reichman has been a contract photographer for several publications, including: The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, NPR, Chronicle of Higher Education, Forbes, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Time Magazine, LeMonde and Der Spiegel.
In addition to his documentary, editorial work and corporate work, Reichman creates multimedia pieces for NGO's in Asia and Africa.
Reichman’s photographs have been used on numerous magazine and book covers and his tobacco photographs were featured in the Communication Arts photography annual.