Florida Then, Now with You
Ponder this, which U.S. state has seen the most change in the last 40 years?
Documerica gave us 558 images of Florida circa 1975; a lasting picture of the striking transformation easily forgotten. You might ask, what does it all look like now?
Grab your smartphone or camera for chance to show just that.
Share this call for current photos or search closer to home. The best matches by place or people, will display in the U.S. National Archives Exhibit: Searching for the Seventies, Washington D.C. March – September of 2013.
Entries accepted through State of the Environment on Flickr. Please note which Documerica image inspired you.
CALL FOR PHOTOS: Florida
Photographer Flip Schulke is remembered for the collective coverage of his modest hometown of New Ulm, Minnesota with top photography students from the Columbia School of Journalism in Missouri. Highlighted now, he also captured incredible the mid-1970s in the Florida Keys.
Snorkeler at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park near Key Largo. At the Time of This Picture, Water Clarity Was Good, But Experienced Divers Say Clarity Is Far Less Than It Was 20 Years Ago Because of Dredging and Filling Operations by Land Developers Documerica 1975 by Flip Schulke 1930-2008.
Marco Island Land Development on the Southwest Florida Coast. Many Coastal Developers Dig Channels for Waterfront Property Lots. But Since Hard-To-Get State Permits Are Required to Open the Channels to the Ocean, Small Land Plugs Are Left between the Channel Exits and the Open Water. Buyers, Meanwhile, Are Assured That Such Plugs Are Temporary.
Photograph of One of the Uninhabited Islands between the Southern Coast and the Florida Keys Documerica 1975 by Flip Schulke 1930-2008.
Land Development at Summerland Key Documerica 1975 by Flip Schulke 1930-2008.
Follow the Traveling exhibit as it makes it way through the southeast U.S..
To browse more of Flip’s work for Documerica, follow this link to Flip Schulke’s album on Flickr.
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The improvements over the last 40 are stunning.