A Peculiar Paradise: Florida Photographs

Synopsis

The Combined Effect Of Images By Nathan Benn, While On Assignment With National Geographic, Of His Home State With Charming Anecdotes Creates A Delightfully Vivid, Passionate, And Subjective Look At What Adds Up To A Love Letter To The Sunshine State. 'a Peculiar Paradise: Florida Photographs' By Nathan Benn Shows Its Subject--benn's Homestate--at The Dawn Of The 1980s, During A Time When Florida's Only True Constant Was Change. Although Some Regions Rested Like The State's Alligators, Staid And Satisfied, Other Areas Became A Hotbed For The Narcotics Trade And A Hub For Caribbean And South American Immigration. This Increasing Cultural Diversity (miami's English-speaking Caucasian Population Was In Free Fall, From 84% In 1950 To Just 12% By 1990), And The State's Innate Peculiarity Is Captured Here With The Keen Sense Of An Anthropologist And The Glint-in-the-eye Of A Local. Nathan Benn ; Visual Consultant, Charles Churchward ; Introduction By Verna Posever Curtis.