south florida Archives - Diego Alejandro Waisman

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Michael Carlebach’s Sunny Land

While doing research for a new project, I re-discovered Sunny Land, by Michael Carlebach. He was a staff photographer for the Miami Herald, The Village Post in Coconut Grove and taught photography at the University of Miami from 1978 to 2005. Sunny Land is a photo book that documents South Florida's bygone era. The photographs were taken over three decades…

DAWNovember 25, 2025

Diego Alejandro Waisman: Sunset Colonies, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, 2025

Exhibition Photography

Exhibition Extended: Sunset Colonies at The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

I'm very excited to announce that the Sunset Colonies exhibition at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum has been extended until May 11, 2025. I'd like to especially thank Olivian and Yadira from the Frost Art Museum for their help organizing all of the tours during the last couple of months. I also want to thank Professor John Baily…

DAWApril 22, 2025

Exhibition Photobook Press Video

The Senior Housing Crisis – South Florida PBS Episode

The Senior Housing Crisis episode from South Florida's PBS station delves into the region's housing affordability crisis and its impact on seniors. I had the chance to share my journey creating Sunset Colonies, highlighting how this issue is explored in both the monograph and the exhibition at the Frost Art Museum. During the early stages of documentation, I noticed that…

DAWMarch 18, 2025

WLRN Story - Diego Waisman at his studio looking at Sunset Colonies

Exhibition Photobook Photography Press

New exhibit memorializes South Florida’s disappearing mobile home communities

Read the full article here: Sunset Colonies at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Many thanks to Julia Cooper for the story and interview

DAWFebruary 14, 2025

Exhibition Photobook Photography Press

Sunset Colonies Gallery Night at Books and Books

Please join me next Friday, November 1st, for the gallery opening of Sunset Colonies at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL, from 7 PM to 10 PM. https://www.booksandbooks.com/event/gallery-night-opening-sunset-colonies/ Join us this Friday, November 1st at 7 PM. Sunset Colonies is my first monograph—a seven-year project documenting the disappearance and gentrification of mobile home communities in South Florida.…

DAWOctober 28, 2024

Photobook Photography

Documenting South Florida’s Disappearing Mobile Communities

Sunset Colonies has officially launched a week ago. The people at the University Press of Florida asked me to write a small piece in regards to the project and its process. You can read the blog post below https://floridapress.blog/2024/09/11/documenting-south-floridas-disappearing-mobile-communities/

DAWSeptember 18, 2024

Photography

October 3rd, Introduction to Digital Photography Workshop

I want to extend an invitation to all photographers from Miami, Miami Beach, Aventura, South Florida and beyond since, starting on October 3rd, I'll be teaching a digital photography workshop at the Aventura library auditorium. Workshop's aim is to navigate through the basic concepts behind digital camera technology and their differences from traditional film. Utilize photography conventions for good exposure…

DAWAugust 16, 2017