Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Photography museum in Tampa, US.
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts is a photography museum in Tampa that displays contemporary and historical photography collections across multiple gallery spaces in a modern building. The exhibition areas provide space for different collection themes and artistic perspectives.
Founded in 2001 by Cynthia L. Flowers, Charles J. Levin and Vincent Sorrentino, the museum opened in a storefront in Old Hyde Park Village in Tampa. Sorrentino, a New York art dealer then living in Tampa, curated many early exhibitions. In 2023 it relocated to Ybor City and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
The museum runs the Annual Members' Show and an International Photography Competition, alongside courses and outreach for adults and youth. Its Children's Literacy Through Photography program serves at-risk children, and summer photography camps are offered. University of Tampa students enter free through the Cultural Outreach Partners program.
The museum moved to Ybor City in 2023, so check the current address before setting out rather than relying on older listings for the downtown site. University of Tampa students enter free through the Cultural Outreach Partners program, which gives them access to the galleries. Courses, workshops and summer photography camps for adults and youth run alongside the exhibitions, so some spaces may be in use for classes during a visit.
The permanent collection holds a suite of Harold Edgerton's strobe-light works, a Dorothea Lange photograph, Judy Dater's portrait of Ansel Adams, and Charles "Teenie" Harris's Pittsburgh scenes. It also keeps early 20th-century panoramic "Cirkut" photographs showing the Panama Canal's construction and early Tampa.
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