November 8, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, PhotographyFor his most famous child portrait, Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) drew inspiration from an eighteenth-century painting The Ransom Center recently launched a new platform of digital collections on its website, which includes the Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) photography collection. More than 50 items from that collection, including the portraits highlighted in this blog post, can be viewed on the new platform. Posing for the… read more
October 18, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsJames Turrell events on campus this weekend include talk by Turrell and tour of Ransom Center display To complement The University of Texas at Austin’s new James Turrell piece The Color Inside opening on campus this week, a selection of books and artworks associated with Turrell are on view at the Harry Ransom Center in the third-floor Director’s Gallery. Several events are planned around campus today and… read more
July 17, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyIn the galleries: Anna Atkins’s “Peacock Feathers” and Anna Krachey’s “Filament” Although Anna Atkins and Anna Krachey share a first name, Krachey acknowledges a much deeper connection. A member of Austin-based artist collective Lakes Were Rivers, Krachey came across Atkins’s work in the Ransom Center’s collections. She noticed an exploration of light, layering, and space that was similar to her own… read more
