February 12, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyNow open: “Arnold Newman: Masterclass” The exhibition Arnold Newman: Masterclass opens today at the Harry Ransom Center and runs through May 12. This exhibition explores the career of photographer Arnold Newman (1918–2006), who created iconic portraits of some of the most influential innovators, celebrities, and cultural figures of the twentieth century. Newman’s archive resides at… read more
January 8, 2013, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Women behind the camera in and beyond the studio Margaret Denny received a Marlene Nathan Meyerson Photography Fellowship to conduct research in the Ransom Center’s Gernsheim collection. Below she shares some of her findings at the Ransom Center. During the past decade, I have conducted primary research on Victorian women in photography, an investigation that culminated in my dissertation From… read more
January 2, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, PhotographyTIME's LightBox lists 'Nathan Lyons: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Interviews' as one of photobooks of the year LightBox, TIME’s photography blog, included the anthology Nathan Lyons: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Interviews (University of Texas Press, 2012) as one of its “2012 photobooks of the year.” Jessica S. McDonald, the Ransom Center’s Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, edited the anthology, which provided the first… read more
