Incredible new images of of an elderly Jewish community, including Holocaust survivors, who lived in South Beach in the 1970s have been unearthed in Florida.
A new exhibition titled, 'Shtetl in the Sun: Andy Sweet’s South Beach 1977-1980' celebrates the work of legendary photographer Andy Sweet.
The Florida native, who went on a mission photograph the Old-World Jewish culture that then distinguished South Beach, was brutally stabbed to death in his Miami beach apartment in 1982 aged 28.
Because he died so young, Sweet's work was almost lost forever as boxes of his photos and negatives could not be found.
But in 2006, Andy’s sister, Ellen Sweet Moss, and her husband Stan Hughes, miraculously discovered boxes of precious test-prints, contact sheets and work prints that no one knew existed.
The couple then decided to dedicate their time to maintaining the memory of Sweet’s work.
The boxes contained no color negatives, and because the test-prints in these previously undiscovered boxes were faded after so many years, the project would require extensive restoration.
Hughes decided to research into Sweet’s early work and his style of photography, to be able to try to restore them to their original colors with the guidance of Gary Monroe.
Stan Hughes then spent over 12 hours a day painstakingly and tirelessly restoring these newfound test-prints to their original colorful glory.
The exhibition, which takes place in the Jewish Museum of Florida (FIU), features an intimate look inside the artist’s working process, with more than 60 images, plus original photographs that have never been shown.
South Beach was predominantly a Jewish enclave in the late 1970s when Andy Sweet photographed the elderly population. Many of the residents who holidayed there were New York transplants and Holocaust survivors.
More than 20,000 elderly Jews lived in South Beach then, within a compressed area. They banded together into a tight-knit community to help each other, often converting the lobbies of Art Deco buildings into makeshift synagogues.
Susan Gladstone, the museum’s Executive Director, was a young social worker when Sweet was documenting this community with his camera.
She claimed: 'This exhibition is about more than just nostalgia,it’s about the life of a young photographer who was destined to become an important artist were it not for his sudden end at the age of 28.
'Many of the people in Sweet’s photographs smiled back at his camera,' adds Gladstone.
'Many of his subjects exuded a sense of urgency to live out their lives to the fullest on South Beach ─ some of them were still laughing, dancing, and living before it was too late.'
More information on the exhibition, which runs from March 19 until June, is available at http://jmof.fiu.edu/calendar/2019/exhibition-opening-shtetl-in-the-sun-andy-sweet-south-beach-1977-1980-1/
Three elderly Jewish women pose poolside as they enjoy a sunny day at a South Beach hotel circa 1979 in their bathing suits
A group of swimmers stop for a chat and are seen laughing together as they take a break from the water at South Beach
Sweet captured elderly people sitting outside the iconic Leslie Hotel on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach as they soak up the rays
Andy Sweet (center) alongside some of the people whose images he took on a busy day at South Beach in the summer of 1979
A Jewish couple in matching bathing costumes stop for a dance as they pose for a picture on South Beach on a sunny day
This colorful lady is sensibly seen taking a break from the sunshine and holds an umbrella over her head in a grass resting area
A Jewish woman can be seen cheerfully singing a song as she is accompanied by musicians, with onlookers enjoying the spectacle
People dressed in summer clothing, as well as bathers, sit on a wall at South Beach as they take in the good weather
An elderly woman appears deep in thought as Sweet takes her image a location in South Beach in the 1970s
Jewish band members smile at the crowd as the play music for a New Year's Eve party at an unknown location in South Beach
Two friends put the world to rights as they take a break in the shade outside a hotel as Sweet takes a candid snap of them
Taking a cue from the new book from Letter16 Press, edited by Brett Sokol, this is the Sweet’s work will be on display at The Jewish Museum of Florida (FIU) and will run from March 19 until June
Andy Sweet (pictured) was just 28 when he was brutally stabbed to death in his Miami Beach apartment in 1982. He took images of South Beach's elderly Jewish community from 1977 until 1980
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