Author: Claiborne Smith

Claiborne Smith is the editor-in-chief of Kirkus Reviews and a board member of the National Book Critics Circle.
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Frozen in Time

The new Ransom Center photography exhibition is epic but also refreshingly intimate by Claiborne Smith Photographers were thought of as technicians at the time; the establishment of Magnum was a radical move that insisted on more power being given to artists rather than the media makers who published those artists’ photos. For someone unfamiliar with … Continue reading Frozen in Time

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NICE, LONG SPACES

S.C. Gwynne and Katie Maratta found the wellspring for their art on the edge of a vast land ocean. by Claiborne Smith Writer and journalist S.C. “Sam” Gwynne grew up in Connecticut; his wife, artist Katie Maratta, grew up in West Virginia. Those places must seem somewhat foreign to them now, so tied to Texas … Continue reading NICE, LONG SPACES