Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, and award-winning journalist. He discovered the five places in the world—dubbed blue zones—where people lived the longest, healthiest lives and shared this information with the world.
Music Discovery for Citizens of the World | Collab with Tigre Sounds & Ace Props + Studios
Really fun day with these dudes for AFR Magazine
The Rippers~Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert, and Matt Jones.
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When you walk into someone and feel their magic.
On the 29th of September, I flew solo from Miami to the Bahamas to photograph FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried for The Australian Financial Review Magazine’s Young & Rich issue.
Going into the assignment, I knew I had ten minutes to work with Sam. I was hoping for a few tight, dynamic portraits and one environmental option in or around his office. When I arrived, I was given a tour of the main office and was told that I wouldn’t be able to photograph him there. We walked across the parking lot to an empty office space with two small bedrooms on one side, which allowed the company’s employees or visiting investors to sleep. On the other side of the empty space was the office of the company therapist, George Lerner. I set up my lights and asked George if he could sit in for me before Sam arrived on set. We spoke about the challenges of relocating with family to a small, remote island from his former life in San Francisco. I was also able to get a good sense of what Sam would be like to work with. If anyone knew the answer to that, it would be the company therapist.
Sam showed up in his typical wardrobe - an FTX t-shirt, shorts, high socks and sneakers. I worked with him for ten minutes while he was discussing future meetings and business on the side with his assistant standing next to me. He was kind, but seemed distracted, so I decided to forgo the environmental portrait.
On October 28th, our cover came out.
On Friday, November 11, FTX filed for bankruptcy.
Famed businesswoman Rosalind Brewer has held leading positions at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Starbucks, Sam’s Club, Walmart, and other major companies. Learn about Rosalind’s assent up the corporate ladder at Masterclass.
📷 by Mary Beth Koeth
Digi Javier Sanchez
Assist Bryce France
Art Direction Max Morse
Production Becca Selin
Celebrity Cruises // Beyond // Saint-Nazaire, France
Harold Evensky, at his home in Key West, Florida. Cash Buckets Are Earning Their Keep as Markets Slide. Just Don’t Hold Too Much. Neil Templin Mary Beth Koeth for Barron's
This shoot, Harold, and Harold’s shirt filled my heart bucket. Thank you Nicole Silver and Sarina Finkelstein for this assignment.
https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/cash-bucket-strategy-retirement-51652983335?fbclid=IwAR3VWmdHjI5aBhtnqPP1TTFP3oarBMxrdFkIllnSuyX8DbSwu5yhr_TjfOU
A ‘Cruiser’ Sets Sail, Despite Covid
A return to the sea means a return to life for one die-hard cruiser.
📝 by Cristal Duhaime
📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for The New York Times
Photo Direction Leslie Dela Vega
🛳 ♥️ ✨ Chillie Falls
For people who make cruising a lifestyle, not just a pastime, being marooned on land was devastating. Charles Falls Jr., known as Chillie, is one of those cruisers who set sail as much as possible. He has been on 55 cruises and in recent years started hosting a YouTube show about the industry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/opinion/a-cruiser-sets-sail-despite-covid.html
The Raven Run lost one of its most beloved runners last week. Tom “Gringo,” a Hall of Fame Runner with over 1,600 Raven Runs and 654 swims, died on March 2. His final run with Raven was last year, at 83 years old, which earned Gringo the Event of the Year for being the oldest runner ever to complete the run. This was at least his third time earning an Event of the Year—once for running during Hurricane Irene and another time for running while in the middle of chemotherapy. Gringo had a way of sensing someone’s best quality and bringing it out. After five minutes of conversation with anyone, I think he could’ve given the eulogy at her funeral. I’ve probably run about 50 times with Gringo and will cherish the miles we put in together. I’m grateful for the stories he told, many of which live on in the hearts and minds of other runners, and in the pages of Running with Raven. Two weeks ago, when Yellow Rose and Raven went to visit Gringo, Raven asked him how he was doing. Gringo replied, “I’m dancing as long as the music lasts.”
Written by Laura Lee Patterson Huttenbach “White Lightning”
Photograph by Mary Beth Koeth “Yellow Rose”
Pictured “Gringo” for the Raven Run Swimsuit Calendar in 2013
Phil Collins’ on-and-off ex-wife Orianne opens up about suing pop star
In her South Miami studio, Ana Trelles Portuondo is being watched. Her figural portraits—mostly female—gaze at her with an intensity of her own creation, as though hinting at sacred stories masked beneath layers of paint and collage. “I believe the eyes are the expression of your soul,” the artist says. “Capturing that expression is, for me, everything.” 🎨
📝 by Jennifer Pfaff Smith 📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for LUXE Magazine
Read Article HERE
I spent the best fifteen minutes of my life with Jimmy Johnson yelling "How 'bout them Cowboys" over and over again. Next guy who wants to win my heart, I’m going to tell him that it’s over there in a puddle next to Jimmy.
Jimmy Johnson, 78, tells ESPN the inside story behind "How 'bout them Cowboys?"
Written by Todd Archer, Photography by Mary Beth Koeth for ESPN, Digi | Assistant Javier Sanchez
Inside the Minds of Millennial Parents
Karolína Kurková and other Millennial parents are approaching child-raising differently than previous generations.
I walked out of this shoot feeling like I made a new friend in Miami. Aidan Marak “Finding Her Voice” Photos by Mary Beth Koeth for Luxe Magazine
When it comes to running hotels, men have traditionally ruled. But a new generation of female entrepreneurs is shaking things up — and changing the face of the industry.
On January 1, 1975, when Raven was 24 years old, he made a New Year’s Resolution to run eight miles every day. Next week, he hits 136,000 streak miles. 🏃🏻♂️💨
“I have always loved trees and wanted to protect them. I'd watch movies like WALL-E—where the whole earth is filled with trash—and I was the one kid who was like, "Oh my gosh, we have to do something!" If I see that movie today, I still get upset.”
Tasnim Mellouli on trees, wetlands, and her Muslim faith, 📝 by Wendy Becktold 📷 by Mary Beth Koeth, Photo Editor Sam Murphy
Have you ever wondered what zoologists wear to work every day?
Me neither.
After spending the morning with Zoo Miami's Ron Magill, Chelsea the sloth, and an 11-foot albino Burmese python named Prince, not only did I want to know what Ron wears, I wanted to know EVERYTHING.
I Work In Zoology. This Is What I Wear To Work Every Day. The Huffington Post
📝 by Katie McPherson, 📷 of Ron Magill by Mary Beth Koeth, 💪🏼 by Sidney Sherman, Photo Editor Chris Mcgonigal
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-zoologists-wear-to-work_l_5da5dd8de4b01c76560d6370
Mario, aka. The Empanada Man, makes empanadas for his friends at The Palace, a senior living community in Coral Gables, FL.
Photo by Mary Beth Koeth for AARP
Art Direction by Katrina Zook
