September 13, 2010, Filed Under: AuthorsWriter Wilson Harris knighted United Kingdom–based Guyanese writer Wilson Harris, whose papers reside at the Ransom Center, has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He is the author of the works Fetish (1951), Eternity to Season (1954), Palace of the Peacock (1969), and The Ghost of Memory (2006). Harris, born in 1921, was influenced… read more
September 9, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyImages from "Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection" The exhibition, Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection, is on display at the Ransom Center through January 2. View a sampling of images from the show in the below slideshow. Please click on thumbnails for larger images.
September 8, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyRead an excerpt from "The Gernsheim Collection" In conjunction with the exhibition Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection, the Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press have published The Gernsheim Collection. The Gernsheim collection is one of the most important collections of photography in the world. Amassed by the renowned husband-and-wife team of Helmut… read more
