Corey Keller, curator of photography at SFMOMA

On Wednesday, September 18, curators from museums and galleries around the world will be answering questions on Twitter for Ask a Curator Day. Here at SFMOMA, I’ll be sitting down with Corey Keller, SFMOMA curator of photography, to dive into crowd-submitted questions relating to life as a curator, the medium of photography (did you know SFMOMA was one of the first museums to recognize photography as a legitimate art form?), and anything else in between.

To ask Corey a question, tweet @SFMOMA_Curator! She will be responding to your questions live between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 18.

To see the action unfold with curators across the globe, follow the #AskaCurator hashtag all day long on Wednesday.

Need some inspiration before jumping in with a question for Corey? Here are a few treasures from SFMOMA’s renowned photography collection, which has been growing since 1935 and now includes over fourteen thousand pictures:

Anna Atkins, Ceylon, ca. 1850; cyanotype, 19 x 14 3/4 in. (48.3 x 37.5 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund purchase

Ansel Adams, Pine Branch in Snow, Yosemite National Park, California, ca. 1932; gelatin silver print, 8 5/8  x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 15.9 cm); Collection SFMOMA, gift of Mrs. Walter A. Haas; © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

Mitch Epstein, Amos Power Plant, Raymond, West Virginia, from the series American Power, 2004; chromogenic print, 70 x 92 in. (177.8 x 233.7 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; © Black River Productions, Ltd. / Mitch Epstein

William Eggleston, Untitled, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973; dye transfer print, 12 5/16 x 18 1/2 in. (31.3 x 47 cm); Collection SFMOMA, gift of a friend of the Museum; © Eggleston Artistic Trust

Stay tuned for the transcript from Corey’s chat, which we’ll post to Open Space on Thursday.