Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

In the spring of 2001, Cynthia L. Flowers put forward the idea of starting a photography museum in Tampa. Shortly thereafter, Charles J. Levin (an attorney), Vincent Sorrentino (an art dealer), and Cynthia L. Flowers (a business owner) established the Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts, a museum dedicated to photography. Working in close cooperation with Madison Marquette, the owner of Hyde Park Village, the exhibition space for the museum was secured. “Masters of Black & White,” the first show, consisted of 50 iconic black and white images borrowed from private collections. With many of the early shows curated by Vincent Sorrentino, critical acclaim followed. Since its inception, the museum has qualified as a not-for-profit entity under the provisions of s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We now have a worldwide and extremely strong digital presence!

• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
• Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
• The Historic New Orleans Collection*
• Turchin Center for the Visual Arts / Appalachian State University
• Museum of Illusions
• The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia