Eli Reichman is an award-winning photojournalist whose work spans over four decades and crosses continents, industries, and genres. He began earning national recognition early in his career, winning first place in feature photography, an honorable mention in picture story, and a portfolio award in the 33rd annual College Photographer of the Year contest. These accolades led to a summer internship—and then a staff role—at Los Angeles Times.

While studying at the University of Kansas, Reichman was awarded the NPPA Ehrenreich Scholarship and became a finalist in the William Randolph Hearst National Photojournalism Championship. After a brief tenure at Tulsa Tribune, where he won the Oklahoma Press Association’s Picture of the Year, he was selected for a coveted photography internship with National Geographic.

As a staff photographer for Kansas City Star, Reichman was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the 1981 Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse. Since then, he has worked as a freelancer for major outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Forbes, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Bloomberg Businessweek, Le Monde, and National Geographic. His photographs have appeared on book and magazine covers, in major exhibitions, and on international newswires.

Reichman’s corporate clients include Fortune 500 companies such as H&R Block, Walmart, IBM, ConAgra, Harley-Davidson, and the Ford Foundation. His campaigns have extended to humanitarian storytelling as well, producing visual and multimedia content for non-governmental organizations operating in Haiti, Asia, and Africa.

His work documenting tobacco farming in Weston, Missouri, was featured in Communication Arts’ Photography Annual. He continues to focus on projects that reveal complex human stories, often centered on resilience, social equity, and cultural intersections.