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World-renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt has photographed a wide variety of subjects, from major historical figures to Parisian passersby and poodles. Erwitt presented personal favorites and well-known pieces at the Harry Ransom Center on Thursday night.
Erwitt joined the Magnum Photos agency in 1953, and his photos will be archived along with other Magnum pieces at the Ransom Center.
Photographer Eli Reed normally lets his photos do the talking, but he made an exception during a presentation Wednesday about the Harry Ransom Center’s Magnum Archive Collection.
Reed, a UT photojournalism professor and Magnum photographer, has many of his own photos on display along with hundreds of others at the center. Magnum Photos is a renowned and innovative photographic cooperative that has covered major events of the 20th century, according to the Ransom Center website. The Ransom Center acquired and announced the Magnum Archive Collection a year ago.
UT photography students said the photos they submitted to the exhibition of the UT chapter of the National Press Photographers Association on Sunday night were not necessarily geared toward publication in newspapers.
Rather, the photos — from a young girl on a swing at a carnival to a group of Indian children near an ocean — showed off students’ creative energies.
Plan II and photojournalism senior Ryan Edwards submitted a photograph of a girl drinking.
Penny De Los Santos has moved in her photography from documenting diverse aspects of South Texas, from prison and gang lifestyles to family life depicted in “Quinceaneras.”
“I realized photography had a voice and you could actually say something,” De Los Santos said. “I wanted to define and understand what it meant to be a Hispanic Latino. For me, it was about finding my identity.”
She served on a panel of four photographers Thursday exploring the diverse perspectives of young people growing up in Texas.
