Miami

South Beach has its own gallery. This one is the rest of the city: Downtown, Brickell, Wynwood, Little Havana and the waterfront around them. Miami moves fast and changes faster, and most of these were made on foot, trying to keep up. Cyclists and scooters blur past, a sudden rainstorm empties the sidewalks, and towers go up where there was open sky a few years ago. The Girl with a Pearl Earring mural looks down over Downtown from the side of a building.

Then there’s the Miami that doesn’t make the postcards: food trucks selling arepas and tacos under lemonade umbrellas, the Wynwood tour carts rolling past the murals, a neon motel sign in Little Havana, two men talking outside a perfume shop. And from the water, the skyline across Biscayne Bay, from the causeways at midday to the cruise terminals lit up at night. For the city before it changes, see Exploring Miami.

Couple walking hand in hand past a large colorful graffiti mural in Wynwood Miami
Ricky's Arepas food truck at Hobie Beach Miami with a woman and child ordering at the window
Large Girl with a Pearl Earring mural on a Downtown Miami building with a red detour sign in the foreground
Armstrong Jazz House storefront window in Coral Gables with an astronaut saxophone illustration and street reflection
Mary's Tacos food truck at Hobie Beach Miami with lemonade umbrellas and a car reflection in the foreground
Downtown Miami street at night with a large NASCAR billboard illuminated Brickell tower and traffic light trails
Large Girl with a Pearl Earring building mural rising above the Downtown Miami skyline and highway overpasses
Man on a blue fixed gear bicycle with a backpack riding through Downtown Miami with motion blur
Two people walking past a neon lit liquor store on South Miami Avenue in Brickell at night
Man riding an electric scooter with motion blur past a construction hoarding in Downtown Miami
Tugboat on Biscayne Bay at sunset with a dramatic orange sky and the Miami port in the background
Two people riding a blue scooter through a Miami street at night with neon signs in the background
Red golf cart tour passing a bold street mural in Wynwood Miami with pedestrians on the sidewalk
Norwegian Cruise Line terminal lit up at night reflecting on the water at the Port of Miami
Window reflection of a Little Havana street scene viewed from inside a vehicle in Miami
Large ferris wheel sculpture against a blue sky with passing clouds at Bayside Marketplace Miami
Pedestrians caught in a heavy rainstorm on a wet reflective sidewalk in Downtown Miami
Brickell Miami skyline at blue hour with the Miami River, Metromover rail and illuminated high-rise buildings
Man on an electric bike stopping to talk with a pedestrian outside a storefront in Miami Beach
Neon motel sign with long exposure light trails from passing traffic on a Miami street at night
Aerial view of Miami Beach skyline across Biscayne Bay with palm-lined causeway and turquoise water
Fisherman casting a net in the surf at sunset beneath a Miami Beach pier with sun reflecting on wet sand
Downtown Miami skyline viewed from Biscayne Bay with dramatic clouds and old wooden pier pilings in the foreground
Palm trees and street signs framing the Downtown Miami skyline across Biscayne Bay on a sunny day
Skateboarder performing a trick at graffiti covered Miami Marine Stadium
Colorful graffiti murals covering a warehouse building on a street corner in Wynwood Miami
Miami Seaplane taxiing on Biscayne Bay with the Brickell skyline and dramatic sunset clouds in the background
Downtown Miami skyline viewed through a cable railing fence across turquoise Biscayne Bay