October 19, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography, Research + Teaching"The Lives and Work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim" Tonight, J. B. Colson, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Fellow of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and Roy Flukinger, Ransom Center Senior Research Curator of Photography, discuss the lives and work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim at the Ransom Center. This event will be held in conjunction with… read more
October 6, 2010, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingThrough Lewis Carroll’s Looking Glass Lewis Carroll is synonymous with Alice in Wonderland, his 1865 novel of nonsensical imagination that cemented his reputation as a visionary author and captured the hearts of children and adults alike. Carroll’s literary creation, immortalized through Disney movies, is well known. What is less known, however, is Carroll’s life as… read more
October 5, 2010, Filed Under: Conservation, PhotographyBefore and After: A Henry Peach Robinson photograph “Before and After” goes behind the scenes with the the Ransom Center’s conservation department. The most recent installment highlighted work that Head of Photograph Conservation Barbara Brown completed on the Henry Peach Robinson photograph “Bringing Home the May,” taken ca. 1862–1863. Some of Robinson’s work is on view in the… read more
