After returning to his hometown, he spent a decade photographing the receding Jewish community that was once the soul of South Beach. He later traveled the length and breadth of Florida, pointing his lens at tourists and trying to capture the social phenomenon of tourism at places like Disney World. He took photos at spiritualist séances in Cassadaga and among Haitian communities in Florida. His passion for photography has taken him to Haiti, as well as Brazil, Israel, India, Trinidad and Cuba. Prof. Monroe has received photography grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Department of State’s Cultural Division, the Florida Humanities Council and the Fulbright Foundation. His long-standing fascination with “outsiders” and local art pushed him to study the so-called “highway people,” or African-American non-professional painters. The University Press of Florida published a book titled The Highwaymen: Florida’s African-American Landscape Painters in October 2001, presenting material collected on this painting. Later, a book titled Extraordinary Interpretations: Self-taught Florida Artists was also published. Prof. Monroe lives in DeLand, Florida and teaches photography at Daytona Beach Community College.