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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 many of the…
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March 18, 2025
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Tertulia Nights at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

It's with great pleasure that I want to invite you to Tertulia Nights at the Frost Art Museum on Thursday, March 13 at 6 PM for an in-depth conversation with sociocultural anthropologist Dr. Louis H. Marcelin from the University of Miami and art historian Dr. Alpesh K. Patel from Temple University. Their collaboration on Sunset Colonies offers two unique perspectives on the current state of these trailer parks—communities…
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March 6, 2025
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Sunset Colonies Awarded Silver Medal in Visual Arts at Florida Book Awards

Dear friends,I'm delighted to share that Sunset Colonies has received the silver medal at the 2024 Florida Book Awards! The Florida Book Awards, established in 2006, is an annual awards program that recognizes, honors and celebrates the literature by Florida authors and books about Florida.   The awards program is coordinated by the Florida State University Libraries, with the involvement of other…
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February 17, 2025
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Diego Alejandro Waisman: Sunset Colonies

Dear Friends, I'm very happy to invite you to the reception of Sunset Colonies at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami, Florida. The exhibition features works from the portfolio For I Shall Already Have Forgotten You, now part of the Frost Art Museum collection, alongside never-before-exhibited photographs from the project.Sunset Colonies is my first monograph—a 7-year documentary…
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January 23, 2025
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PhotoNOLA Photobook Fair

I'll be attending PhotoNOLA photo book fair, next Saturday, December 14th, 2024. For the first time, I'd have signed copies of Sunset Colonies, as well as 10x10 square prints for sale. The prints are limited edition of 30 (You can actually get issue for some of these prints). If you're attending PhotoNOLA, make sure you stop to say hi.
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December 11, 2024
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Diego Alejandro Waisman – Pathways 2024: The Carlos Malamud Prize Finalist

I am humbled and excited to finally share that I have been selected as a finalist for the Pathways 2024: The Carlos Malamud Prize. The show is organized by The Rollins Museum of Art and the UCF Art Gallery at the University of Central Florida. I'll be showcasing works from my upcoming monograph Sunset Colonies: A visual elegy to South…
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February 25, 2024