The Reverend

For six years, from 1976 until the reverend's death in 1981, Walker photographed this spirited preacher, the black Baptist congregations he served, and roads he travelled. "The Reverend" is an unequalled life-story, a portrait in words and pictures, full of incidents, prayers, sermons, and reflections on all manner of things from Revelations to hunting dogs.

The grace and power of Reverend Cole's own words heightens the spiritual ecstasy and dignity inherent in Walker's outstanding black-and-white photographs.