Monroe, Gary: - Gary Monroe, a native of Miami Beach, has received grants and exhibitions for his photography work, including two National Endowments for the Arts grants, four Florida Humanities Council Fellowships, a State of Florida arts fellowship, and two Fulbright Foundation fellowships. Monroe continues to photograph while authoring several books on self-taught Florida artists, including The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters and Silver Springs: The Underwater Photography of Bruce Mozert.