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
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I had never heard the word pergola until this shoot.
Here’s to continued vocabulary development this coming year.
Client | Cabot Stain
Agency | VMLY&R
Producer | Robyn Nagorsky
Assist | Javier Sanchez and Jake Soper
Retouching Hugo Ceneviva
I blocked my calendar off for the month of December to slip away, travel and rest.
Every stop has been magic.
Today, I left Eddy and Julie’s home in Antwerp. They are two of the most talented people I know. Their home, vision and work inspires me to no end.
Wishing you all creative rest and calm this holiday season ✨
He may have made it to the NBA a decade ago, but Bismack Biyombo's heart never left home. Biyombo hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation rich in natural resources like cobalt and copper, but still plagued by extreme poverty. "I've seen so much suffering from our people," says Biyombo, a 6 ft. 8 in. center who has played in Charlotte, Toronto and Orlando, and was a free agent going into the 2021–2022 season. "Every day, you go home, you go back in your room, you're by yourself, crying. You're trying to find an explanation to certain things you don’t understand. Why? Why? Why? Then it gets to the point where, instead of the why, why, why, it's time to take the action." Biyombo, 29, is doing just that. He has donated his own money and raised funds through the Bismack Biyombo Foundation to build schools and sports facilities, provide scholarships and improve health care in Congo. Biyombo says he and his foundation have given scholarships to more than 5,000 Congolese students. "This has become my lifetime mission," he says. "I'll be willing to keep pushing until I have nothing left in the tank for my people." Photograph by Mary Beth Koeth for TIME
Digi Javier Sanchez
Assistant Miguel Mori
Photo Editor Whitney Hollington Matewe
Billboard Latin Music Week Portrait Booth Mary Beth Koeth for Billboard
Huge thanks to this spicy crew 🌶
Photo Editors | Jenny Sargent and Katie Spoleti
Retouching | Babydoll Studio
Photo Assistant | Jake Soper
DigiTech | Javier Sanchez
As Latin’s latest rising star, Rauw Alejandro approaches music with a winner’s mentality — and it’s paying off.
“I see [music] as a sport,” says Alejandro, 28. “If you are doing the job well — you are disciplined and you are focused — the coach will give you an opportunity to play an important game.
Rauw Alejandro
Photographer: Mary Beth Koeth for Billboard
Digi: Javier Sanchez
Styling: Darius Baptist
Hair: Alexis Centeno
Makeup: BBellabyMillie
Location: El Tucán
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.
‘The Great One,’ Wayne Gretzky for MasterClass 🏒
📷 by Mary Beth Koeth
Digi Javier Sanchez
Stylist Jenny Figueroa
Art Direction Max Morse
Production Becca Selin
#waynegretzky #thegreatone #masterclass
A Lingering Effect of the Pandemic: ‘Never-Ending’ Guilt
Both Stephanie Hills and her mother contracted Covid-19 earlier this year, but Ms. Hills survived and her mother did not. She still feels guilty that she could not visit her mother in the hospital during her final days. Photographs by Mary Beth Koeth for the The New York Times
Since its inception, the WNBA has continually pushed the boundaries of what women athletes can accomplish on the court and in their communities.
Lisa Leslie wasn't playing basketball when she discovered she could dunk. She was at high school track practice, and smacked the rim practicing her high jump approach. "Not seeing other women dunk, it hadn't dawned on me to try," she said. Before long, she was dunking with the boys at pep rallies. In 2002, after she'd won two Olympic gold medals and a WNBA championship with the LA Sparks, @lisaleslie set a preseason goal to dunk in the WNBA. A few months later, against the Miami Sol, she made history. "I didn't think of it as a historic moment," she said. "I'm like, 'wait, wait, we gotta play defense!'"
https://www.espn.com/.../the-25-firsts-defined-wnba-25-years
by Elaine Teng
by Mary Beth Koeth for ESPN
Assistant Javier I Sanchez
Art Direction Kaitlin Marron
Hair | Makeup Natasha Gross
Retouching Violaine Capra
David Beckham's Inter Miami could be a great team. But it has to win first
📝 by Bruce Schoenfeld 📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for ESPN
Assistants Javier I Sanchez and Sandra Arenas
Photo Direction Kristine LaManna
Retouch Babydoll Studio
These mothers wanted to care for their kids and keep their jobs. Now they're suing after being fired. This story is part of TIME’s Women and the Pandemic issue. COVID-19 has made it impossible to deny the ways broken systems hurt women. TIME spoke with women who have found the strength to work toward a better future. Read the full cover story at the link in bio. Photograph by Mary Beth Koeth for TIME
Marc Anthony and his manager Henry Cárdenas for Billboard Magazine
Video journalist Emily Michot (left) amplified the print exposé by Julie K. Brown, who says, "I tend to be a pretty aggressive reporter, so we balance each other out." They were photographed Nov. 18 at The Hyatt Regency Coral Gables in Miami.
Video journalist Emily Michot (left) amplified the print exposé by Julie K. Brown, who says, "I tend to be a pretty aggressive reporter, so we balance each other out." They were photographed Nov. 18 at The Hyatt Regency Coral Gables in Miami.
