The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) began collecting modern photography in 1930 and established the department in 1940. The Museum's holdings of more than 25,000 works constitute one of the most important collections of modern and contemporary photography in the world. As diverse as photography itself, the collection includes work not only by artists, but also by journalists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and amateurs.

The Erna and Victor Hasselblad Photography Study Center

Online Exhibitions and Projects

• New Photography 2010: Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager, Amanda Ross-Ho
• The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
• Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century
• New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky
• Jan De Cock
  Denkmal 11, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, 2008
• Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making
• Jeff Wall
• A Walk through Astoria and Other Places in Queens: Photographs by Rudy Burckhardt
• New Photography 14: Jeanne Dunning, Olafur Eliasson, Rachel Harrison, Sam Taylor-Wood
• Aleksandr Rodchenko
• New Photography 13
• Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills
• Manuel Alvarez Bravo
• New Photography 12