1607-1675 39 Howard Kleinberg Fonds ANDY SWEET MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC.
P.O. Box 40-3514
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
( 305) 538-2891
MIAMI BEACH PHOTOGRAPHS BY GARY MONROE AND ANDY SWEET
THIS BOOK REPRESENTS THE CULMINATION OF A PROJECT BEGUN
IN 1977. IT IS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF A PLAN BY PHOTOGRAPHERS
GARY MONROE AND ANDY SWEET TO DOCUMENT A PARTICULAR AREA
ON MIAMI BEACH THAT THE ARTISTS ENVISIONED WOULD EXPERIENCE
A CULTURAL METAMORPHOSIS.
THE MIAMI BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT BEGAN WITH PUBLIC
GRANTS. THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOUTH BEACH WERE
DOCUMENTED, INCLUDING ITS INHABITANTS, THE BEACHES AND
ARCHITECTURE.
THE CHANGES DID INDEED TAKE PLACE AND THE AREA, DESIGNATED
THE MIAMI BEACH HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT IN 1979 ,
IS THE FIRST TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORIC DISTRICT OF THE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
ANDY SWEET DID NOT LIVE TO SEE THE COMPLETE TRANSITION
THAT HE HAD PREDICTED. HE WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED ON
OCTOBER 16 , 1982 AT THE AGE OF TWENTY EIGHT.
WITH GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE
DADE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
AND WITH FUNDS RAISED BY FRIENDS, THIS PROJECT WAS
COMPLETED IN 1991 .
WE WISH TO SHARE MIAMI BEACH PHOTOGRAPHS, THROUGH YOUR
FACILITY, TO REACH THE COMMUNITY AND ITS STUDENTS, ARTISTS,
PRESERVATIONISTS, HISTORIANS AND ALL NOSTALGIA DEVOTEES.
A NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF UNIQUE HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES.