Linde B. Lehtinen is assistant curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Prior to that, Lehtinen worked for several museums in both education and curatorial, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Research Institute, and Skirball Cultural Center. Her research and curatorial work has ranged from interwar mass advertising culture to conceptual photography. She has published several articles and presented lectures on the history of photography in America. She received her BA in art history from the University of Chicago and earned her MA and PhD in art history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.