August 7, 2014, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Puzzling over composite prints by Henry Peach Robinson Emily Talbot, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan, received a dissertation fellowship to study nineteenth-century composite photographs by Henry Peach Robinson and his contemporaries in England and France. This research forms part of a larger project that considers the integration of photographic technologies and aesthetic standards into the… read more
March 17, 2014, Filed Under: PhotographyFrom the Outside In: “Transept of the Crystal Palace,” Benjamin Brecknell Turner, March 1852 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
April 29, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Authors, Books + ManuscriptsFrom the Outside In: Illustration for Lewis Carroll’s "Hiawatha’s Photographing," Arthur B. Frost, 1883. The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
