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Diana Diaz Cañas

Preserving Arnold Newman’s photography slides

January 23, 2018 - Leigh Hilford

The Ransom Center’s Arnold Newman papers and photography collection, acquired in 2006, includes more than 25,000 prints, original sitting books, early sketchbooks, photographic albums, and video recordings of interviews and lectures. Newman, who lived from 1918 to 2006, was a prolific artist known for his “environmental portraiture,” a style which captures a subject in his or her typical setting. Conservator Diana Diaz treated sets of color slides wrapped in different types of tape. [Read more…] about Preserving Arnold Newman’s photography slides

Filed Under: Conservation, Photography Tagged With: Arnold Newman, Arnold Newman papers and photography collection, conservation treatment, Diana Diaz Cañas, photographs, slides

Photograph conservator’s talents and contributions recognized by University

April 27, 2016 - Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa

Photograph conservator Diana Diaz-Cañas is one of 30 staff from across The University of Texas at Austin to receive a 2016 Outstanding Staff Award. Recognized for their invaluable contributions, the work of this select group of recipients has had a significant impact on the University.

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Filed Under: Conservation, Meet the Staff Tagged With: award, Diana Diaz, Diana Diaz Cañas, Preservation Week 2016, Presidential Staff Award, staff, staff award, university

Meet the Staff: Diana Diaz Cañas, Photograph Conservator

February 11, 2015 - Marlene Renz

Diaz works on a treatment in the photography conservation lab at the Ransom Center. Photo by Jane Boyd and Barbara Brown.

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. Diana has a Bachelor of Arts in Conservation from Bogotá, Colombia and she specialized in Photograph conservation in Mexico City, Mexico. She has worked in private workshops and labs and came to the Ransom Center following her work at the Frida Kahlo Museum and the National School for Conservation (ENCRyM) both in Mexico City.

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Filed Under: Conservation, Meet the Staff, Photography Tagged With: Alec Soth, Conservation, Diana Diaz Cañas, Frida Kahlo, Meet the Staff, photo conservation

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