July 28, 2015, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingVideo: Fellow discusses further research in photographic albums Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes is a visual anthropologist based at the University of Cambridge as an affiliated lecturer and research associate at the Centre of South Asian Studies and a research fellow at Clare Hall College. She is currently working on her research project, “Visual priming and Ceylonese identities since the late… read more
June 11, 2015, Filed Under: Art, PhotographyFrom Austin to Venice Biennale: 5,614 miles of trucks, planes, and a ferry The Harry Ransom Center supports an active program of loans from its collections, balancing the task of preparing and processing materials for loan with its own exhibition program. The loans, which share the Center’s collections with a wider audience, are considered on the basis of their merit and contribution to… read more
May 21, 2015, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingReflecting Upon O. G. Rejlander’s “The Countess of Tankerville” The Ransom Center’s photography collection contains more than 100 photographs attributed to distinguished nineteenth-century photographer O. G. Rejlander. One print is a portrait of Olivia Bennet, The Countess of Tankerville. Researcher Lori Pauli visited the Ransom Center to study the portrait, and she reflected on the possible intersection of the lives… read more
