The Tweed houses more than 1,500 photographs and photography has increasingly become a strength of its permanent collection. Since 2005, the collection has grown to include notable photographers such as Esther Bubley, Henri Cartier Bresson, Lalla Essaydi, William Henry Jackson, Dorothea Lange, Robert Mapplethorpe, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Gordon Parks, and Cara Romero.