Joseph W. Reed
Joseph W. Reed is professor emeritus of film and American studies at Wesleyan University, where he became interested in printmaking and painting in the 1970s. Experimenting with these mediums, he produced a body of work characterized by its sobriety and painstaking attention to historical detail. Thematic series include Chief Executives Underwater, First Ladies in Space and The History of Western Ant. Books include "Three American Originals: John Ford, William Faulkner, and Charles Ives" and "American Scenarios: The Uses of Film Genre.