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
Western Queen, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, B
Caravel Club, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, D
Downtown Freeport's first grocery store, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, B
Freeport bunkering tanks, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, B
Aerial view of city and water, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Trench next to building, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, A
Trench next to building, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, B
Artist rendering of manufacturing plant
Collapsed Washer, Payne Creek-Palmetto Phosphate Mine Area, Agrico, A
Man fishing from shoreline, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Beach scene, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, B
Beach scene, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, C
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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