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Jeremy Chandler - 2008 Marion Belanger - 2007 Steven S. Gregory - 2006 Rebecca Sexton Larson - 2005 Suzanne Camp Crosby - 2004 Beth Reynolds - 2003 Photographer Laureate Headers
Photo Laureate 7
Barbara Jo Revelle (2009)

Girls in Car, Barbara Jo Revelle

People At Beach, Barbara Jo Revelle
Photo Laureate 1
Beth Reynolds
2003
Photo Laureate 2
Suzanne
Camp Crosby
2004
Photo Laureate 3
Rebecca
Sexton Larson
2005

Photo Laureate 4
Steven S. Gregory 2006
Photo Laureate 5
Marion Belanger
2007

Photo Laureate 6
Jeremy Chandler
2008

The Big Picture The Photographer Laureate program is modeled after the Farm Security Administration’s Photography Program during the Great Depression of the 1930's and World War II; and the National Endowment for the Art’s Photography Surveys of the 1970's, '80's and '90's; and with the awareness of the regionally well-known Burgert Brother's photography collections.

Each year, since 2003, the City of Tampa’s Public Art Program has commissioned an artist to photograph a portion or perspective of the City of Tampa and/or its citizens and visitors at work, or at play, with an emphasis on what it means to be in Tampa at this particular time in history. The result of this juried process is producing a public collection and archive that is representative of the life and times in Tampa by regional, national, and international photographers.

 pinhole cameraBuild Your Own Pinhole Camera!
Convert an old cigar box into a camera! 2005 Photographer Laureate, Rebecca Sexton Larson has developed a step-by-step guide to the world of pinhole cameras including numerous resources and visuals.  Download the guide.  

*The download is in pdf format (15 MB). If you do not have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, download Adobe Acrobat.


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