The Tides is one of the tallest Art Deco hotels on Ocean Drive and a defining piece in Charlotte's Structural Series. For this artwork, the hotel itself is built from a black and white photograph, with the color layered around it. Pink clouds, gold light from the afternoon sun, green from the palm leaves, all wrapping the building from every side. The warm beige of the real Tides translated into the colors of the sky and the trees around it. The white façade rises through the full height of the frame. Dark windows are set into cream walls across the building, the rhythm climbing floor after floor. Palm leaves drift through the whole composition, fuller in the foreground, more subtle across the building itself. Below, the beach pulls into view with figures gathered on the sand, layered into the lower edge of the artwork. The Tides name sits at the base of the central column, where it has lived on the building since 1936. Look longer and the artwork keeps giving. The crowd below is full of small moments, someone walking, someone resting, someone you did not notice the first time. There is always another person to find. The result is not a photograph of The Tides. It is The Tides with the vintage feel of an afternoon that could belong to any decade. This work is part of The Structural Series, Charlotte Fonne's ongoing exploration of Miami Beach's iconic Art Deco hotels, also featured in Lumas galleries worldwide. Each image in the composition is personally photographed by Charlotte, ensuring a genuine and unique piece. Signed, numbered, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Limited edition. Only 5 to 20 prints per size exist in the world.
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