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Reading Magnum
  • Language: en

Reading Magnum

The Magnum Photos archive—a collection of more than 200,000 photographs by some of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries' greatest image makers—is the most comprehensive accumulation of prints made by the distinguished photo cooperative. Consistently and with striking artistry, Magnum's photographers have done more than simply document the far reaches of the globe; they have helped shape generations' understanding of the world around them. While many of its photographs have been widely published, until now no one has examined the Magnum archive itself. In Reading Magnum, experts from several fields investigate this visual archive, now residing at the Harry Ransom Center at the U...

The Gernsheim Collection
  • Language: en

The Gernsheim Collection

Winner, Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, College Art Association, 2012 The Gernsheim Collection is one of the most important collections of photography in the world. Amassed by the renowned husband-and-wife team of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim between 1945 and 1963, it contains an unparalleled range of images, beginning with the world's earliest-known photograph from nature, made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. The Gernsheim Collection includes some 35,000 major and representative photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; a research library of some 3,600 books, journals, and published articles; about 250 autographed letters and manuscripts; and more than 200 pieces of early phot...

Arnold Newman
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 297

Arnold Newman

"All photographs and archival materials from the Photography Department, Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin"--Title page verso.

Avedon at Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 144

Avedon at Work

Terugblik op de reis die de Amerikaanse fotograaf in 1979 door het westen van de V.S. maakte, en die leidde tot de fototentoonstelling 'In the American West' in 1985.

The Making of Gone With The Wind
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 353

The Making of Gone With The Wind

Companion publication to the Harry Ransom Center's exhibition, September 9, 2014-January 4, 2015, marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the film's release.

Fritz Henle
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 116

Fritz Henle

Beyond his mastery of the craft, however, Henle was driven by a lifelong urge "to show people beauty." "I am obsessed," he said, "by showing them beauty."".

Windows on the West
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 188

Windows on the West

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-08
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, organized by the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, August 4-November 29, 2015.

A Reprint of W. Shakespere
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 336

A Reprint of W. Shakespere

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1864
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Representations of Hair in Victorian Literature and Culture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Representations of Hair in Victorian Literature and Culture

Examining a wide range of historical, artistic, literary, and theoretical works, Galia Ofek shows how changing patterns of power relations between women and patriarchy are rendered anew when viewed through the lens of Victorian hair codes and imagery during the second half of the nineteenth century. Her innovative study reveals the Victorians' well-developed awareness of fetishism and their cognizance of hair's symbolic resonance and commercial value.

The Writer on Her Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

The Writer on Her Work

Published to high praise--"groundbreaking . . . a landmark" (Poets and Writers)--this was the first anthology to celebrate the diversity of women who write.