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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online presentation and discussion with Victor D
 eupi as he highlights his new book “Rada Photography: Mid-Century Archit
 ecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean\,” which focuses o
 n photographers Anette and Rudi Rada's work in Cuba and Puerto Rico.\n\n \
 n\nIn this first critical biography of the life and work of the Radas\, tw
 o photographers working in South Florida and the Caribbean from approximat
 ely 1946 to 1975\, architectural historian Deupi explores the lasting sign
 ificance of the Radas in documenting the cities\, buildings\, landscapes\,
  and people of the region during major social and economic transformations
  of the 20th century.\n\n \n\nDuring the South Florida building boom of th
 e 1950s\, the Radas were highly sought-after photographers. Magazines\, ne
 wspapers\, and travel firms hired them to help advertise new houses and ho
 tels\, promoting the tropics and subtropics as a still-untouched paradise.
  In the Caribbean\, Rudi Rada photographed new buildings intruding artisti
 cally and commercially into the natural environment while Annette Rada ado
 pted a more ethnographic approach\, photographing local people amid burgeo
 ning mass tourism. Whether in South Florida\, Cuba\, or elsewhere in their
  travels\, the work of the Radas captured postwar architectural evolution\
 , as well as challenges faced by populations adapting to modernization.\n\
 n \n\nFeaturing a wealth of never-before-published photographs and materia
 l from several archives and collections\, “Rada Photography” adds port
 rayals of the largely overlooked mid-century architecture of South Florida
  and the Caribbean to existing architectural photography in the United Sta
 tes and Latin America. The artistic output of Annette and Rudi Rada docume
 nts how architects and architecture in the region gave shape to architectu
 ral styles now known as Miami Modernism or Tropical Modern.\n\n \n\nFollow
 ing the presentation\, there will be a Q&A with the audience.
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SUMMARY:Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Carib
 bean
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.miami.edu/event/mid-century-architecture-and-c
 ulture-in-south-florida-and-the-caribbean
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CATEGORIES:Education/Training
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