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HistoryMiami Museum’s Center for Photography is excited to announce Woosler Delisfort is the winner of its newly created photography fellowship for emerging, local documentary photographers. The fellowship was created to capture and amplify community stories relating to Black Indigenous, People of Color, and Latinx community members. After reviewing dozens of applications, the esteemed panel including Aldeide Delgado, CW Griffin, Caroline Laporte, and CW Griffin chose Delisfort for his project focused on Miami’s spiritual community.
Delisfort is an award-winning documentary photographer and filmmaker born, raised, and residing in Little Haiti. Over the past 10 years he has devoted his life’s work to capturing the energies driving the human experience. One of his focuses is highlighting the interconnectedness of humanity by illustrating compelling stories that capacitate greater regard for misrepresented people.
“As a lover of history and a documentary photographer, I am both humbled and eager to be a part of the project of the HistoryMiami Museum’s Center for Photography,” said Delisfort. “I’ve spent over ten years, dedicating myself to the stories and driving forces within Miami’s spiritual community, Little Haiti. This fellowship is a tremendous opportunity to support my work by furthering my research so that I may amplify our stories.”
As winner of the fellowship, Delisfort receives a $25,000 award to support the creation of new work related to Miami. Select photography will be added to HistoryMiami’s permanent photography collection, his work will be featured in an exhibition, and he will have an opportunity to work with local youth. There will also be a public program highlighting his work.
The project is made possible by a generous donation from The Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation, as part of the CreARTE grant program. First established in 2019, CreARTE aims to bridge gaps in key areas impacting the creative community most, including access to affordable workplaces, cultural equity, and education.
“Our mission is grounded in supporting programs that improve access to the arts in underserved communities and empower creatives to pursue their artistry on a broader scale,” said Belissa Alvarez, Director of The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation and Related Philanthropic Foundation. “We’re delighted to play a part in Woolser Delisfort’s artistic journey through HistoryMiami Museum’s newly established Photography Fellowship and look forward to following along as his work continues to make an impact among often misrepresented voices across Miami.”
The Museum’s Center of Photography’s core mission is to collect, safeguard, and share photographic images that tell the stories of our community and illuminate the Miami experience, in all its diversity. The Center emphasizes documentary photography and serves photographers, researchers, and the general public through its collection of historical images (numbering in the millions), dedicated photography galleries, programming, and more. This fellowship project intentionally aligns with the museum’s desire to address representational gaps in past collaborations, our collection, and the stories featured in our exhibitions and programs.
Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, HistoryMiami Museum is supported by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and the Board of County Commissioners. Support is also provided by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
ABOUT HISTORYMIAMI MUSEUM
HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate located in downtown Miami, safeguards and shares Miami stories to foster learning, inspire a sense of place, and cultivate an engaged community. We accomplish this through education, collections, research, exhibitions, publications, and City Tours. Now celebrating our 80th anniversary, the museum is a 70,000-square-foot facility and home to more than two million historical images and 30,000 three-dimensional artifacts, including a 1920s trolley car, artifacts from Pan American World Airways, and rafts that brought refugees to Miami. For more information, call 305-375-1492 or visit historymiami.org.
