Gary Monroe
Gary Monroe, a native of Miami Beach, has photographed throughout Brazil, Israel, Cuba, India, Trinidad, Poland, and Egypt, among other international destinations. He is best known for his long-term photographic involvements with the elderly’s old world culture of South Beach, Haiti during the end of the Duvalier regime and foray into democracy, and tourism as a rite of passage. He has received various honors and distinctions for his work, including two National Endowments for the Arts, four Florida Humanities Council Fellowships, a State of Florida arts fellowship, and two Fulbright Foundation fellowships. Monroe is the author of The Highwaymen: Florida’s African-American Landscape Painters and three other books on Florida’s Highwaymen artists. He has written nine books, most of which acknowledge unrecognized self-taught Florida artists. His most recent book, E. G. Barnhill: Florida Photographer, Adventurer, Entrepreneur, highlights the artist’s hand-colored photographs.
The Highwaymen
Florida's African-American Landscape Painters
Extraordinary Interpretations
Florida's Self-Taught Artists
Silver Springs
The Underwater Photography of Bruce Mozert
Florida's American Heritage River
Images from the St. Johns Region
Mary Ann Carroll
First Lady of the Highwaymen
E. G. Barnhill
Florida Photographer, Adventurer, Entrepreneur
Harold Newton
The Original Highwayman
From the best-selling author of The Highwaymen comes the story of the group’s most prolific and most sought after painter. 65 color plates.
- Copyright year: 2018
The Last Resort
Jewish South Beach, 1977–1986
- Copyright year: 2020
Alfred Hair
Heart of the Highwaymen
A long-awaited testament to the life and work of Alfred Hair, the driving force of the Florida Highwaymen, this book introduces a charismatic personality whose energy and creativity were foundational to the success of his fellow African American artists during the era of Jim Crow segregation.
- Copyright year: 2020