The Photography Collection of Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey

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The Photography Collection of Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey

Date1880–1970

MediumVarious photographic objects

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Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2020.137

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Photography

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Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection

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PHOTOGRAPHS

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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