The Architectural Photography of Annette and Rudi Rada: Modernity and Tradition in Miami and Havana

Abstract

The architectural photography of Annette and Rudi Rada documented the cities, buildings, landscapes, and people of South Florida and the Caribbean from approximately 1946 to 1975, at a time when publications such as the Miami Herald, House & Garden, the American Home, and others were promoting travel to a region that was still largely perceived as an untouched paradise. Both self-taught, the couple produced work for nearly thirty years that explored the local cultures of