This week, “From the Outside In” tells the story of Emmanuel Romano’s portrait of writer Carson McCullers.

Emanuel Romano (Italian-American, 1897–1984). Portrait of Carson McCullers, ca. 1949. Oil on masonite. Art Collection, Harry Ransom Center.

This week, “From the Outside In” gives the story of John Tenniel’s illustration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

“From the Outside In: A Visitor’s Guide to the Windows” provides an opportunity to discover more about the Ransom Center’s renowned collections of literature, film, photography, art, and the performing arts featured in the etched windows of the building.

Caption: Illustration from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

This week, “From the Outside In” examines Harold Edgerton’s stop-motion photography. The Ransom Center holds 35 of Edgerton’s prints, including this one of a “Milk Drop Coronet.”

Photo © Harold Edgerton, 2013. Courtesy of Palm Press, Inc.

The Austin Chronicle: “‘Arnold Newman: Masterclass’ gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait.” 

Arnold Newman, Igor Stravinsky, composer and conductor, New York, 1946
Gelatin silver print
© Arnold Newman / Getty Images

Need a break from #SXSW? The photography exhibition Arnold Newman: Masterclass is free and open to the public at the Harry Ransom Center.

Arnold Newman, Andy Warhol, painter and printmaker, New York, 1973. Gelatin silver print collage
© Arnold Newman / Getty Images

Opening today at the Harry Ransom Center! Arnold Newman: Masterclass

Running 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 the Ransom Center.

A bold modernist with a superb sense of compositional geometry, Newman is known for a crisp, spare style that situates his subjects in their personal surroundings rather than in a photographer’s studio. Marlene Dietrich, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Arthur Miller, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso are only a few of his celebrated sitters. Featuring more than 200 of these well-known masterworks, Arnold Newman: Masterclass also includes rarely seen work prints and contact sheets.

The first major exhibition of the photographer’s work since his death, Arnold Newman: Masterclass showcases the entire range of Newman’s photography, featuring many prints for the first time.