Liz Murphy Thomas

Current work

As a photographer, I document the flux of Florida. My images are a contemporary archive of days gone by; I travel throughout the state from the Florida/Georgia border down through Key West and create images that show what once was and what is now becoming. So much of living in a place designed for the purpose of selling itself to visitors is the sacrifice of personal nostalgia. The cute mom-and-pops motels and those roadside attractions, which hold fond memories for many in their region, just look run down and "old" to the tourists. For this reason, little stays the way it is; there is constant remodeling, a never-ending expansion, and steady development.