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Time Travelers:
Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection
October 31, 2025 – February 16, 2026
The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art will present Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection, an exhibition of works from a monumental gift of photographs made in 2019 to the Museum by Robert F. Greenhill in memory of his wife, Gayle Greenhill (1936–2017). A supporter of the Museum’s Department of Photography for more than two decades, Mrs. Greenhill served on MoMA’s Committee on Photography from 1992 to 2013. The exhibition honors her enduring commitment to the medium and showcases a selection of more than 50 photographs from the transformative gift of several hundred works by more than 100 identified photographers and many more unknown photographers.
Organized by Lucy Gallun, Curator, with Samuel Allen, Curatorial Assistant, and Kaitlin Booher, former Beaumont and Nancy Newhall Curatorial Fellow, Robert B. Menschel Department of Photography.
Major support for this exhibition is provided by Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley.
Additional funding is provided by the Annual Exhibition Fund. Leadership contributions to the Annual Exhibition Fund, in support of the Museum’s collection and collection exhibitions, are generously provided by Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, the Eyal and Marilyn Ofer Family Foundation, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Alice and Tom Tisch, the Marella and Giovanni Agnelli Fund for Exhibitions, Eva and Glenn Dubin, Mimi Haas, The David Rockefeller Council, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, Kenneth C. Griffin, The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder. Major funding is provided by The Sundheim Family Foundation.
The Bloomberg Connects digital experience is made possible through the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Leadership support for the publication is provided by the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation.
Additional funding is provided by the John Szarkowski Publications Fund.
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Images
Julia Margaret Cameron. Cyllena Wilson, 1868. Albumen silver print, 13 x 10 11/16 in. (33 x 27.1 cm). The Gayle Greenhill Collection. Gift of Robert F. Greenhill
Herbert George Ponting. A Grotto in an Iceberg, 1911. Carbon print, 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm). The Gayle Greenhill Collection. Gift of Robert F. Greenhill
Imogen Cunningham. The Unmade Bed, 1957. Gelatin silver print, 8 11/16 x 11 1/2 in. (22.1 x 29.2 cm). The Gayle Greenhill Collection. Gift of Robert F. Greenhill. © 2025 Estate of Imogen Cunningham
Emmet Gowin. Edith, Chincoteague, Virginia, 1967. Gelatin silver print, 6 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (16.4 x 16.5 cm). The Gayle Greenhill Collection. Gift of Robert F. Greenhill. © 2025 Emmet Gowin
Lucas Samaras. Photo-Transformation, August 17, 1976. Color instant print, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (10.8 x 8.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Robert and Gayle Greenhill, 1992. © 2025 The Estate of Lucas Samaras, courtesy Pace Gallery
Jan Groover. Untitled, c. 1979. Chromogenic print, 14 3/4 x 19 1/16 in. (37.5 x 48.4 cm). The Gayle Greenhill Collection. Gift of Robert F. Greenhill. © 2025 Jan Groover
Cover of Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection, published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2025.