BIBFRAME Work

Title

Sunset colonies

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Waisman, Diego Alejandro (author )

Subject

• Mobile homes--Florida, South (LCSH)
• HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) (BISACSH)
• PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries (BISACSH)
• Mobile homes--Florida--Miami (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Illustrated works (LCGFT)
• Pictorial works

Language

• eng

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• PHO014000
• HIS036120
• LCC: HD7289.62.U6 W37 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• DDC: 333.33/8 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

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.

Table of 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

Authorized Access Point

Waisman, Diego Alejandro. Sunset colonies

Geographic Coverage

• Florida

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:11:36.587972+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23619484

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: bibframe-2-6-0
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc