Gay Block Long before South Beach in Miami became a destination among the jet set, it was a thriving retirement community for Jewish Americans, who …
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6 Fun Photo Projects Documenting Life in Retirement Communities
Bingo nights, synchronized swimming, and 100th birthday parties! From Pompano Beach’s Breezy Hill, a small trailer and RV park on the Florida seaside, to Sun City, an Arizona city catering exclusively to retirees, six photographers document daily life in retirement communities. Gay Block captures the South Beach community in the 1980s, and a decade later, Naomi Harris moves in with the senior residents of Miami's Haddon Hall hotel.
Marie and Sonja by the pool, 2000 Los Angeles-based photographer Naomi Harris describes herself as an “old soul,” noting that even in her twenties, …
For Sun City: Life After Life, Los Angeles-based photographer Kendrick Brinson documents an Arizona city catering exclusively to retirees. With an the …
Benoit et Suzanne, from the series Snowbirds, 2012 For Snowbirds, Montreal-based photographer Mika Goodfriend documents the abundant world contained …
Countless photographs have been captured along Brooklyn’s Coney Island and Brighton Beach. From Lisette Model and Weegee’s famous images of bathers …
London-based photographer Todd Antony recently spent some time in Sun City, a retirement city boasting 37,000 residents situated near Phoenix, …
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