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Department of Photography

1940–now


Heads of Department

  1. Beaumont Newhall  American, 1908–1993
    1940–1947 • as Curator • 6 exhibitions
  2. Nancy Newhall  American, 1908–1974
    1942–1945 • as Acting Curator • 6 exhibitions
  3. Willard D. Morgan  American, 1900–1967
    1943–1945 • as Director of the Department and the Photography Center • 1 exhibition
  4. Edward Steichen  American, born Luxembourg. 1879–1973
    1947–1962 • 88 exhibitions
  5. John Szarkowski  American, 1925–2007
    1962–1991 • 84 exhibitions
  6. Peter Galassi  American, born 1951
    1991–2011 • 8 exhibitions
  7. Quentin Bajac  French, born 1965
    2013–now • no exhibitions