University Press of Florida Art, Architecture, & Photography, Author Post, Florida

Documenting South Florida’s Disappearing Mobile Communities

By Diego Waisman, author of Sunset Colonies: A Visual Elegy to South Florida's Mobile Home Communities “People think that geography is about capitals, landforms, and so on. But it is also about place—its emotional tone, social meaning, and generative potential." Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer and writer (1930-2022) The motivation behind creating Sunset Colonies stemmed from … Continue reading Documenting South Florida’s Disappearing Mobile Communities

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Sunset Colonies

“An urgent and timely series of images that capture compounding crises of our time. This book contributes to the ever-growing, fascinating, and terrifying investigations of South Florida as a harbinger for the remainder of the nation.”—Tatiana McInnis, author of To Tell a Black Story of Miami  “Waisman’s photographic collection offers a firm and impassioned grip … Continue reading Sunset Colonies