Sunset colonies : a visual elegy to South Florida's mobile home communities / Diego Alejandro Waisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waisman, Diego Alejandro, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile homes--Florida, South--Pictorial works.

Mobile homes.

Mobile homes--Florida--Miami--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

107 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2024]

Summary:

"In a collection of photographs accompanied by essays, this book portrays the vulnerabilities experienced by residents of South Florida's mobile home communities amid rapid urban transformation and the threat of economic displacement"-- Provided by publisher.

"Photographs that meditate on the vanishing place of mobile home parks in the landscape of Miami In a collection of images that are both quiet and telling, Sunset Colonies portrays the vulnerabilities experienced by residents of South Florida's mobile home communities amid rapid urban transformation and the threat of economic displacement. Photographer Diego Waisman captures a fractured sense of place in Miami-area neighborhoods that once flourished but are now increasingly forgotten. Essays by scholars Amy Galpin, Louis Herns Marcelin, and Alpesh Kantilal Patel give context to the current situation of these trailer parks, which at first promised their occupants stability, affordable housing, and for many, a comfortable retirement. But development initiatives, surging rent prices, and environmental hazards have disrupted this dream. Waisman's images, collected over seven years, ruminate on worn corrugated exteriors, cracked ceramic tile, and the looming construction of luxury apartment buildings nearby. An homage to a way of life that is quickly slipping away, Sunset Colonies raises urgent questions about the invisibility of mobile communities, their histories, and their potential futures. Waisman also emphasizes the strength and resilience of people whose definition of home lies in the balance between memory and encroaching reality. Together, the images and essays in this book create a multilayered meditation on place, community, and dignity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Artist's Statement

Diego Waisman

Introduction

Amy Galpin

Photographs

If You Forget Me

Pablo Neruda

Lots of Uncertainty: A Journey into a Disappearing World in Florida

Louis Herns Marcelin

Afterword: Precarity of Home

Alpesh Kantilal Patel

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780813080734

0813080738

OCLC:

1426761850