Friends of Photography was founded in 1991 by Tom Hinson, CMA's longstanding Curator of Photography. Since its inception, FOP has sponsored dozens of talks by nationally recognized artists including Amy Arbus, Larry Fink, Frank Gohlke, Lauren Greenfield and Sally Mann. The group has also arranged annual presentations by leading photography dealers including Bonni Benrubi, Catherine Edelman, Peter McGill, Robert Mann and Larry Miller. FOP has introduced its members to leading curators and critics such as John Szarkowski, Peter Galassi and Rod Slemmons. It has sponsored trips to numerous venues including the AIPAD photo dealers show, New York's Modern Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art and the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. Each year, Friends of Photography has also purchased prints for the Museum's permanent collection. These gifts now total nearly one hundred works by both locally and nationally recognized photographers.

Friends of Photography is an Affiliate Group of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The organization strives to cultivate knowledge of the art and history of photography, to promote private collecting, and to generate funds with which to acquire works for the museum.

FOP membership is open to all CMA members with a passion for fine art photography. Annual memberships are available at the following rates:
$75 Student
$75 New Member
$100 Individual
$150 Household
$250 Patron
$500 Sustaining

Neil Viny (President)

Morris Wheeler (Treasurer)

Jane Critchlow (Secretary)

Ryn Clarke

Chris Mason

Judith McMillan

Chuck Mintz

Virginia Morrison

Terry Pim

Irwin Schafer

Anna Vedouras

Barbara Tannenbaum (Curator)

Friends of Photography
c/o Allison Tillinger Schmid, Engagement Specialist
Development
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797
T: 216-707-2669
aschmid [at] clevelandart [dot] org