ART DECO WELCOME CENTER MIAMI BEACH OCEAN DRIVE AT 10TH STREET 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M. THURSDAY AUGUST 24
STEVE
WRIGHT, VISUAL AND VERBAL STORYTELLER
Steve Wright
has earned his living as a storyteller for four decades. He went to journalism
school to become a reporter and learned the art of black and white photography
– including developing and printing his film – at Kent State University.
Through the
years, he honed his skills with film, slides, early digital SLRs and with the
increasingly good lenses built into smart phones.
For more
than 20 years, the Ohio native has called Miami’s Little Havana home. He bought
a careworn but beautiful 1922 home on the southwest corner of historic William
Jennings Bryan Park. While fighting to preserve the park from being entirely
paved in concrete for an out of scale tennis center, he patiently restored his
Spanish Mission-style, hardwood floored, art-filled abode.
Long
involved in historic preservation as a journalist, Wright fell in love with the
diverse people and architecture of Little Havana. While working for the chair
of the Miami City Commission, he supported festivals on Calle Ocho and steered
the project that created a linear park from SW 8th Street to
historical Coral Way.
Wright uses
his photography to illustrate not only his stories on architecture, planning
and placemaking, but also his international speeches on making cities more
inclusive for all – especially people with disabilities.
Wright’s
speaking/writing/photography assignments have taken him to Istanbul, Paris,
Barcelona, Marrakech, Cairo, Lisbon, London, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro,
Medellin, La Antigua, Montevideo and countless major cities in North America.
He spends
time each weekend photographing the beautiful, often need of a little TLC,
early 20th century residential and commercial buildings of Little
Havana.
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