Skip Gandy Collection of Florida Photographs
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
This digital collection documents Tampa, Florida, through the lens of Skip Gandy’s camera from the 1950s to the 2010s. The Special Collections department at the University of South Florida's Tampa campus library houses additional prints, some by Skip's father, Sandy Gandy; however, this digital collection presents the majority of the Skip Gandy Photograph collection. Skip Gandy's innovative aerial photography allows us to see urban and natural settings of the Tampa Bay region. His photographs of people, events, and buildings capture Tampa as it started transforming into the third most populous city in Florida. The images are in black and white as well as in color and span the gamut of commercial photography.
Only a small sample of this robust collection is available online.
BROWSE COLLECTION
Dry Bin, Payne Creek-Palmetto Phosphate Mine Area, Agrico, C
Fish in Aquatarium, St. Pete Beach, Florida, Tank
Bottlenose dolphin performing at the Aquatarium, St. Pete Beach, Florida, B
Bottlenose dolphin performing at the Aquatarium, St. Pete Beach, Florida, C
Bottlenose dolphins performing at the Aquatarium, St. Pete Beach, Florida, A
Bottlenose dolphins performing at the Aquatarium, St. Pete Beach, Florida, B
Sea lion performing at the Aquatarium, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Airboat operator, Chassahowitzka River, Florida
Background, sand finish
Beach shoreline, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, A
Shoreline seen from plane, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, A
Dry Bin, Payne Creek-Palmetto Phosphate Mine Area, Agrico, D
DIGITIZATION PROJECT
USF Libraries' raised more than $41,000 for the Gandy Tampa Photography Collection in 2023, and the project is underway! We look forward to completing our goal of sharing over 100 years of Tampa photography publicly available online. The Gandy collection will be made available under an Attribution 4.0 Creative Commons license.
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