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The camera as a weapon against racial injustice: Eli Reed’s Black In America

December 17, 2020 - Steven Hoelscher

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 world, reminded me of the iconic Civil Rights Movement images that Magnum’s photographers created. Burt Glinn in 1957 Little Rock, Eve Arnold at the 1961 Black Muslim rally, Danny Lyon at 1963 SNCC sit-ins, Leonard Freed at the 1963 March on Washington, Bruce Davidson at the 1965 Selma march: These images, and many more, documented the epic Black struggle to achieve greater social justice, a struggle that so obviously continues. [Read more…] about The camera as a weapon against racial injustice: Eli Reed’s Black In America

Filed Under: Featured1, Photography Tagged With: archive, Eli Reed, Magnum Photos

ABOUT STEVEN HOELSCHER

Hoelscher is professor of American Studies and Geography at The University of Texas at Austin and faculty curator at the Harry Ransom Center.

Papers of actors Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson acquired

March 6, 2017 - Jennifer Tisdale

Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson in the original Broadway production of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros (1961). Unidentified photographer.

The Ransom Center has acquired the papers of actors, and husband and wife, Eli Wallach (1915–2014) and Anne Jackson (1925–2016). [Read more…] about Papers of actors Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson acquired

Filed Under: Film, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, acquisition, Acquisitions, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and Me, Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks, Anne Jackson, Arthur Miller, Early Stages, Eli Wallach, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, Magnum Photos, method actors, Norman Mailer, OBIE award, Robert De Niro, Stella Adler, Tennessee Williams, the Bad, The Good, Tony Award, Walter Cronkite, Zachary Scott

Exhibition presents unprecedented study of renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt’s life and work

June 20, 2016 - Jennifer Tisdale

Elliott Erwitt (American, b. France 1928), Midleton, Ireland, 1970. Gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 20.4 cm. Harry Ransom Center Collection © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos

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 of the internationally renowned photographer’s life and work to date.

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Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography Tagged With: Aperture, Caryl and Israel Englander, Elliott Erwitt, Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World, Jessica McDonald, Magnum Photos, Photography, Stephen Enniss

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