Bøker av Diego Alejandro Waisman

Photographs that meditate on thevanishing place of mobile home parks in the landscape of Miami In a collectionof images that are both quiet and telling, Sunset Colonies portrays thevulnerabilities experienced by residents of South Florida's mobile homecommunities amid rapid urban transformation and the threat of economic displacement.Photographer Diego Waisman captures a fractured sense of place in Miami-area neighborhoodsthat once flourished but are now increasingly forgotten. Essays by scholars Amy Galpin, LouisHerns Marcelin, and Alpesh Kantilal Patel give context to the current situationof these trailer parks, which at first promised their occupants stability, affordable housing, and for many, a comfortable retirement. But developmentinitiatives, surging rent prices, and environmental hazards have disrupted thisdream. Waisman's images, collected over seven years, ruminate on worn corrugatedexteriors, cracked ceramic tile, and the looming construction of luxuryapartment buildings nearby. Anhomage to a way of life that is quickly slipping away, Sunset Coloniesraises urgent questions about the invisibility of mobile communities, theirhistories, and their potential futures. Waisman also emphasizes the strengthand resilience of people whose definition of home lies in the balance betweenmemory and encroaching reality. Together, the images and essays in this bookcreate a multilayered meditation on place, community, and dignity.