Florida’s Changing Waters by Lynne Buchanan

Particularly evocative for me are the photographs taken in forest glens, out of the way places seldom seen by urban dwellers, where streams meander, tree roots reach into the water and grip the world below. I do appreciate the coffee table aspect of lush large photographs in this book but be aware this big volume is at its heart a call to action, a lament for what has been lost and a challenge to the viewer to turn the page and get involved. We need Water Warriors like Cynthia Barnett, John Moran and Lynne Buchanan to be on the front lines of documenting the dramatic changes to water ecosystems worldwide as population explodes. Yes, it would be correct to call her an environmental photographer and activist. Water issues flow through Lynne Buchanan’s work every since along with the issues of climate change and nature as a path to spiritual transformation and more.

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Surely this coastal environment spoke of paradise and the fountain of youth.Īlgae blooms threatened this water paradise. Ah, back then, the nearby waters were crystal clear, a blue green shimmer that seemed endless and beneath the water sea life thrived. In grade school in Sarasota she learned of Ponce de Leon and his search for the fountain of youth. Part of the story – Buchanan has thoughtfully been photographing waterways for Inside this artfully presented hardcover coffee table book. She captured that moment and many more with a total of 231 photographs It spoke to me, a haunting,īeautiful and a terrible testimony to the water loss and damage done to the This photograph, unwilling to turn the page. The manatee has scars on its back from encounters with boat In yellow and orange fall colors floats silently by while the manatee struggles A photograph of a manatee struggling to breathe in the Indian River Lagoon during the toxic algae bloom of Summer 2016 sits at the start of Lynne Buchanan’s book of photographs entitled Florida’s Changing Waters: a Beautiful World in Peril.

Florida’s Changing Waters by Lynne Buchanan