Peter Galassi

Peter Galassi (born 1951) is a scholar and curator whose principal fields are photography and nineteenth-century French art. He was Chief Curator of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from 1991 to 2011.

Works

• Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography, New York: Musem of Modern Art, 1981
• Nicholas Nixon: Pictures of People, 1987
• Pictures of the Times: A Century of Photography from The New York Times, 1996
• Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, 2010

Links

• http://www.gf.org/fellows/17210-peter-galassi
• http://artdaily.com/news/47014/Curator-Peter-Galassi-to-Retire-From-the-Museum-of-Modern-Art-After-30-Years#.U_Xhl8WSz78