December 5, 2022, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, PhotographyPhotographer Laura Wilson delves into the lives of writers with stunning portraits Off the Page by LAURA WILSON In late fall of 2008, I met John Updike and liked him—And thought then I’d like to do a portrait of him. But I dithered, and he died the following January before I had the chance. Earlier, I had seen some photographs taken by… read more
March 29, 2021, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Film, Photography, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellowships awarded to UT-Austin faculty and graduate students The Harry Ransom Center has awarded over a dozen fellowships for 2021-2022 to The University of Texas at Austin faculty and graduate students through the Center’s new UT-Austin Fellowship program. The new fellows reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Center’s collections and represent a wide range of departments, programs, and… read more
February 22, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, PhotographyPortfolio of photographs acquired from Dawoud Bey’s Night Coming Tenderly, Black In 2017, renowned portraitist Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953) reflected on his four-decade career by stating simply, “my work has largely been based on representation of the human subject.” He explained that he has used photography to depict “subjects such as the black subject, or young people, who are not always—within the larger… read more
