December 17, 2020, Filed Under: Featured1, PhotographyThe camera as a weapon against racial injustice: Eli Reed’s Black In America During the hot summer months of 2020, especially in the weeks following the May 25th killing of George Floyd while in police custody, the Magnum Photos, Inc. Photography Collection was often on my mind. The scenes of protest that we witnessed, in countless cities across the United States and the… read more
March 6, 2017, Filed Under: Film, Theatre + Performing ArtsPapers of actors Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson acquired The Ransom Center has acquired the papers of actors, and husband and wife, Eli Wallach (1915–2014) and Anne Jackson (1925–2016).
June 20, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyExhibition presents unprecedented study of renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt’s life and work The Ransom Center presents the exhibition Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World from August 15, 2016, to January 1, 2017. Featuring more than 200 photographs, it is the first exhibition drawn from the extensive Elliott Erwitt Photography Collection, acquired by the Ransom Center in 2015. It is the most comprehensive examination… read more