Photographer Lynn Savarese brings a compelling visual narrative to Edge of Humanity Magazine through her series Miami: Reflections. In this work, Savarese uses abstract imagery formed on the surface of swimming pool water to symbolically represent Miami’s current beauty and its looming threat of submersion due to climate change. The series metaphorically progresses from calm to chaos, capturing the city’s aesthetic in stillness, partial submersion, and eventual engulfment.
Savarese’s background reflects a lifelong global curiosity, having lived and traveled extensively before settling in New York City in the early 1980s after graduating from Harvard Law School. Her photographic practice centers on deep observation, often finding poetic resonance in natural elements—especially water. Her imagery reveals a fascination with the way water distorts and transforms the visible world, making it a perfect medium for exploring broader environmental themes.
Her perspective encourages viewers to pause and reconsider what they see, using water’s reflective qualities to engage with notions of perception, memory, and ecological fragility. Miami: Reflections is not only a visual meditation on a city at risk, but also a layered artistic commentary on how natural forces reshape both landscapes and our understanding of them.
From Clear Skies To Chaos Miami’s Fragile Beauty In Water Reflections