{"product_id":"9780813080734-sunset-colonies","title":"Sunset Colonies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Visual Elegy to South Florida's Mobile Home Communities\u003cbr\u003eIn a collection of images that are both quiet and telling, \u003cem\u003eSunset Colonies\u003c\/em\u003e portrays the vulnerabilities experienced by residents of South Florida’s mobile home communities amid rapid urban transformation and the threat of economic displacement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhotographs that meditate on the vanishing place of mobile home parks in the landscape of Miami\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a collection of images that are both quiet and telling, \u003ci\u003eSunset Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssays 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn homage to a way of life that is quickly slipping away, \u003ci\u003eSunset Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55133993009526,"sku":"9780813080734","price":27.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_37786343.jpg?v=1763013977","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780813080734-sunset-colonies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}