March 9, 2015, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyThe Photography of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) On Tuesday, March 10, at 4p.m., Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator of Photography, speaks about the photography of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson—better known to the world as Lewis Carroll. Flukinger will discuss Dodgson’s pursuit of photography and his recognition as one of the most accomplished amateur photographers of the Victorian Era.… read more
March 3, 2015, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the StaffMeet the Staff: Ken Grant, Exhibition Conservator and Head of Exhibition Services Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Ken Grant received a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Iowa and then worked as a logging geologist in the oil field for… read more
March 2, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyThe “Wildly Strange” Photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard The exhibition Wildly Strange: The Photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard opens March 7 at The University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art. The exhibition features more than 35 photographs exclusively drawn from the Ransom Center’s photography collection and archives of writers from Meatyard’s intellectual circle. The exhibition is organized… read more
