Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

[detail] Cirkut Photograph by the Burgert Brothers:
1927 New York Yankees (with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig)
Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection of the John F. Germany Public Library. Courtesy of the Friends of the Library, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Building on the success of PHOTO MOJO! 2007, the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts presents its second annual fundraiser and photography auction, Photo Mojo! 2008, from 6:30 to 9 pm, Thursday, September 25 at Neiman Marcus at International Plaza (second level). Tickets are $50 per person in advance (buy now) and $60 at the door.

Wear your “Florida Cocktail” gear to this distinctive evening that features a wine tasting from Mane’s Imports, heavy hors d‘oeuvres (seared salmon, filet mignon) from All Events Catering and a D.J. to keep the mood and the music flowing.

Cirkut Photograph by the Burgert Brothers: 1927 New York Yankees (with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig), Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection of the John F. Germany Public Library. Courtesy of the Friends of the Library, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System.

The silent auction includes 23 regular Burgert Brothers photographs as well as numerous other items. The works in the silent auction are $500 or less. The live auction items begin at $500. Proceeds from the auctions jointly benefit two key non-profit organizations, the museum and The Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County, Inc. Located in John F. Germany Public Library, the Friends of the Library raises money for the preservation of the Burgert Brothers Collection.

Scenes from Photo Mojo 2007

The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts is committed to presenting the photographer’s vision as vital and central to today’s life and culture. It also holds free programs to bring photography and visual literacy to at-risk children. for tickets or go to www.fmopa.org. Click on future events and pay with Paypal.

For more information on FMOPA, visit us during regular visit hours (below) at 200 North Tampa Street, or call the museum at (813) 221-2222.

FMoPA © 2007. At the podium, Carlton Ward Junior, founder of the Legacy Institute of Nature and Culture, our partner in this first Photo Mojo event.

FMoPA © 2007. A view of the live auction.

FMoPA © 2007. One of the Silent Auction tables.

FMoPA © 2007. Wine for the event was provided by “Total Wine and More.” At rear, Roger Robson, Chairman of the FMoPA Board.

FMoPA © 2007. At left, Lydia Mattison, VP and General Manager of Neiman Marcus, Tampa. Center, Laura York, Photo Mojo Auctioneer, TV personality and Meteorologist. Right, Joanne Milani, Museum Director of FMoPA.

Three bathing women from Madame Scovell's dancing school striking an artistic pose at Rocky Point: Tampa, Fla. Taken on March 28, 1922. Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection of the John F. Germany Public Library. Courtesy of the Friends of the Library, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System

Photo Mojo’s live and silent photography auctions
are unprecedented opportunities for beginning and advanced collectors. Have an evening of fun while starting or adding to your personal collection!

The popular television meteorologist Laura York will be the auctioneer for the live auction that features 14 of the celebrated Cirkut photographs. Available to the public for the first time, they were taken by the Burgert Brothers Commercial Photography Studio in Tampa. Most of them are forty inches long and ten inches high. They were made using Cirkut cameras, large-format rotational cameras manufactured between 1904 and 1943 that could capture a 360-degree view.

The negatives of the Burgert Brothers photographs were produced on nitrate film, which had deteriorated over time. Thanks to a special project undertaken by the Friends of the Library, the negatives have recently been preserved and scanned. Among the works in the auction are the famous 1927 New York Yankees baseball team and Tony Jannus’ first commercial airplane flight in 1914. Visit http://www.hcplc.org/hcplc/liblocales/jfg/H&G/burgert/ for more details.

Three bathing women from Madame Scovell's dancing school striking an artistic pose at Rocky Point: Tampa, Fla. Taken on March 28, 1922. Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection of the John F. Germany Public Library. Courtesy of the Friends of the Library, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System.