{"id":203038,"date":"2026-03-23T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203038\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:17:08","slug":"the-gallery-cigars-photography-industry-and-identity-in-ybor-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203038\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gallery: \u201cCigars! Photography, Industry, and Identity in Ybor City\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cCigars! Photography, Industry, and Identity in Ybor City\u201d at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts<\/p>\n

Travel back in time with the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts\u2019<\/a> celebratory exhibition \u201cCigars! Photography, Industry, and Identity in Ybor City.\u201d On April 13, 1885, cigar production launched in Ybor City with the rolling of its first cigar. To commemorate this significant event, FMoPA partnered with Tampa\u2019s J.C. Newman Cigar Factory<\/a> and the Burns Collection & Archive<\/a> in New York to offer a rare glimpse into the origins of cigar making in Ybor City.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Photography by Zack Wittman in Collaboration with J.C Newman Cigar Factory)<\/p>\n

Vintage photographs highlight the global reach of the cigar industry and the communities of cigar rollers \u2014 Cubans, Italians and Spaniards \u2014 whose expertise placed Tampa on the map as \u201cThe Cigar Capital of the World.\u201d This unique exhibition presents photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries from the Burns Collection alongside present-day images of Ybor City\u2019s remaining cigar factories by contemporary photographer Zack Wittman<\/a>. Viewed together, \u201cCigars\u201d! bridges Ybor City\u2019s past and present through art and community pride.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"(Photography by Zack Wittman in Collaboration with J.C Newman Cigar Factory)<\/p>\n

Joanna Robotham is the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Tampa Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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