Matthias Pfaller is Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. He studied art history at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and the University of Edinburgh. He pursued his PhD at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, prior to his appointment as curatorial fellow of the Krupp Foundation. He is member of ICOM (FR), the Association for Art History (UK), and Photography Network (US).