Photographs by Barbara G. Schindler of people and places in Miami-Dade County. The bulk of the images are of Miami's ethnic neighborhoods, including Little Haiti, Little Havana and the Jewish enclave on South Beach. Views show advertising signs, exteriors and interiors of houses and hotels, lawn ornaments, objects associated with Santeria and Voudou, store fronts, street scenes and restaurants. Other views show the Coconut Grove Cemetery, farm laborers in South Dade, and personalities including Eli Weisel, Senator Bob Graham and Janet Reno.
Schindler, Barbara GladsdenLittle Havana (Miami, Fla.)
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The bulk of the collection consists of colored slides organized topically. A set of black and white negatives with some contact prints show views of the county and County Managers and officials. A folder of color photographs showing some County Commissioners and Managers is housed alongside slides in box 2. Images include: Cuban businesses, Sunny Isles, Goombay Festival, the nuclear power plant at Turkey Point, Christo's Surrounded Islands, Little Haiti, Miami Free Trade Zone, the Miccosukee Indian Festival and rodeos.
Miami-Dade County-Communications DepartmentNew World School of the Arts College's students participated in Documenting the Moving Landscape workshop. Led by Kayla Delacerda (ArtCenter/South Florida and BHQF Fellow), this photography and history workshop captures Miami's urban landscape and describes a cultural identity outside of the most visible and circulated images of South Florida.
Students participated in four walks:
Downtown and Overtown, 2018 March 8
Little Havana and Spring Garden, 2018 March 15
Brickell, 2018 March 22
North River Drive, 2018 April 5