Ghost of mississippi Beautiful Mind and eight mounds. Sin 2005 he has joined the faculty of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. He is the author of two highly praised books black in america. A 20year survey of the africanamerican experience. And, beirut city of regrets. His new e collection of photographs. Long walk home. The man is also a gifted writer. This is from the preface of the new book. My personal journey on the long road has been a medication what it means to be a human being. And i have tried to capture the complicated beauty and reality of life in the visual form. The families of man woman and child, are the reason the dreams of the living are immortal, and i keep listening hoping and looking. I use my camera to freeze time and to make beautiful images that i hope will find their ways the dreams to inspire the continuing movement within the circle. I continue the search and live and breathe and wonder at the beauty of it all. Ladies and gentlemen