The Harry Ransom Center’s collections offer amazing opportunities to find connections between diverse authors and artists.
Photography
Marco Breuer on the photograph as object
A photograph is commonly understood to act as a window, crystallizing a subject or moment in time. Artist Marco Breuer, however, subverts this traditional understanding of the medium, exploring the inherent limitations of photographic materials rather than using them to record the world outside. His work employs radical techniques that… read more
Artist Penelope Umbrico finds photographic inspiration in the digital age
New York-based artist Penelope Umbrico’s photographic works explore the relationships between modern technology and professional photography, the widespread availability and consumption of internet images.