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Images of Hope: The Sarasota Hope Photo Project

We're inviting the community to submit photos that remind us why we love Sarasota and the surrounding areas, and show works of beauty or acts of kindness in these troubling days.

March 30, 2020

"This is a photo of my wife, an R.N. at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, on her last day off. #gooddistraction"

Photography by Chad Spencer

Beautiful, colorful Selby Gardens.

Photography by Rob Chelseth

Blue sky and turquoise water at Venice's South Jetty.

Photography by Jennifer Lauffer

"I get by with a little help from my friends..."

Photography by Cynthia Goodrich

Reader Cynthia Brokaw says, "I was riding my bike to Siesta Key over the Stickney Point bridge and this view just blew me away."

Photography by Cynthia Brokaw

Quiet in the city.

Photography by Ryan Gamma

East Sarasota's Celery Fields, taken by reader Nancy Lewis.

Photography by Nancy Lewis

From reader Pascal Koch: "I snapped this picture of my daughter enjoying the water during a sunset at the north end of Lido Beach."

Photography by Pascal Koch

Reader Marsha Levkoff says, "There is nothing more encouraging in these difficult times than a re-blooming orchid!"

Photography by Marsha Levkoff

Reader Tirza Kosche Pineda writes, "Shells covered the beach after a storm and this perfect heart was among them at South Lido Beach/Ted Sperling Park."

Photography by Tirza Kosche Pineda

We've invited the community to submit photos that remind us why we love Sarasota and the surrounding areas, and show works of beauty or acts of kindness in these troubling days—and your response was overwhelming. May these beautiful images be a respite from the grind and stress of this temporary new reality.

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