The Photography Collection of Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey

The Photography Collection of Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey

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The Photography Collection of Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey
CultureVarious
Titles
  • The Photography Collection of Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey
Date1880–1970
MediumVarious photographic objects
DimensionsVaries
Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.137
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionWhile some might call it “vernacular,” Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey have nicknamed their collection “Photo Mania,” an epithet that better conveys the passion with which they assembled it over thirty years and the joy that viewers find in the material. With various interwoven themes—including Gun Culture, LGBTQ, African American Life, Women Only, and Science and Industry—each including examples of material rarely found elsewhere, the collection tells the unique and complicated story of photography’s history, encompassing a broad range of objects, demonstrating the exchange between high and low art, and speaking to a shared photo mania.
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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Mexico
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.9.1-.166
TV Screen Snapshots
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.13.1-.43
Tiny People (in a vast landscape)
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.15.1-.23
To Know the Horrors of War and Violence is to Want Peace
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.8.1-.263
Camera Shoot
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.11.1-.65
Guns and People with Guns
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.12.1-.41
Open to Interpretation
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.16.1-.80
Bottom’s Up
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.17.1-.14
Ads, press, and IDs
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.18.1-.76
LGBTQ
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.19.1-.245
People Reading
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.21.1-.37
People Swimming
1880–1970
Various photographic objects
2020.137.22.1-.112