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Christine Robinson Joins the Ransom Center as Curator of Photography

Christine Robinson has joined the Ransom Center as its new Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography. Robinson previously taught in the Photography and History of Art and…

Featured Exhibit

19th-Century Erotic Photographs

By Matt Damsker

There is very little that is new under the sun, so it stands to reason that erotic photography flourished in the 19th century as an early passion of…

Collecting Resources

Photography Price Gyrations: Gustave Le Gray, A Case Study

There has been and probably always will be a strong market for this 19th-century photographer. Besides being an acknowledged master by virtually every art institution, he is one of the…

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