PHOTOGRAPHY STORIES THROUGH FASHION
THOMAS BERNAVIL AND KEL FASHION
The Twisted MIND Of
t h c e r Alb Behmel
ARE STYLISH SPORTY GARMENTS A THING?!
MEGHAN CAMPBELL discovered talents:
KELLY WALKER
Common's KISSY Face At Miami Gardens Fest
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Are you seeing this, or am I dreaming? Do you realize that we have a celebrity on our cover. It is quite an honor really, Albrecht Behmel came to us by means of Lynn Hutchins, and I couldn’t be more excited. Albrecht combined two of my favorite things, Comics and Abstract, I mean what more can I ask for. I didn’t hesitate to put him on the cover because he certainly deserves it. He is the kind of man that takes the leap of faith and free fall into his dreams of becoming an artist. Many of us may have that dream but how many really will jump.
On another note, Miami Gardens is the home of Jazz In The Gardens. Many celebrities graced the stage, taking us back to the 90s where Hip Hop was at its peak. We give you front stage access to the best performances of the year featuring LL Cool J, Jill Scott, Robin Thicke and many more. We’ve also took it upon ourselves to feature a spread from photographer Thomas Bernavil, though he claimed to have wanting to play around with his lens, his delivery is flawless, the pictures tell a story, the story of a woman betrayed by her man for another woman. We thought this was a pretty interesting story as it is the one of many women today. We are ecstatic about giving you our 19th issue, we are getting closer to our 20th issue and we can’t contain ourselves. It’s been two years and we have made so much progress, amassed so many readers and featured so many artists and we couldn’t be more proud. Like always this issue could not have been possible without the contribution of our writers and photographers. Ladies and gentlemen we give you CREATIVMAG’s 19th’ issue.
CORHINN BRUNOT Founder and Editor in Chief Follow me on Twitter @ccwcnetwork
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CONT RIBU TORS 1 Georcia Bryce Ms. Bryce, an eloquent and influential speaker, teacher, motivator, mentor, and life coach, finds energy and passion in inspiring individuals to reconcile their lives with the Master Architect. She helps people, through conformance to His specifications, come into the expected end that was predesigned for them. Her messages are geared towards empowering individuals, through the process of selfdiscovery and the pursuit of their tailored purpose. Emphasis is on accurate relationship development; beginning with the individual (self) and then interdependently. Visit her at www. buildingaccordingtopattern. com
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Known by most as "Toni". For eleven years, Toni served her Showeshi Boston community as a high Showeshi Strickland-Boston, school English teacher and an ACC, is a certified and accredited Instructional Reading Coach for Travel Consultant with 13 years Miami-Dade of experience in the travel County Public Schools. industry, beginning with close to Currently, Toni is in pursuit of 10 years with Royal Caribbean publishing her first book, Cruises, Ltd., before opening her Controlling Your Crazy While own full-service travel agency as Dating Your Non-Existent a Cruise Planners and American Boyfriend. In her spare Express Travel Representative. time, Toni enjoys shopping, Her industry experience has traveling and writing. In included managing and addition to writing for overseeing divisions focusing on CREATIV magazine, she serves sales, marketing and training as the blogger for The which included training and Millionheiress Club and Keva development of Sales Managers J Swimwear. One day, Toni for Royal Caribbean and fellow aspires to be an esteemed author Travel Agents. Traveling has and public speaker. been a life-long passion, fueled For the mini bio on the article: by on-going education within the Toni is in pursuit of publishing field that allows Ms. Stricklandher first book, Boston to provide personalized, Controlling Your Crazy While informed, consultative and Dating Your Non-Existent expert travel planning to her Boyfriend. clients. For more information about her agency, visit the agency's website at www.CruiseElite.com.
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IN THIS ISSUE
FEB -MAR 2017 VISUAL ARTS
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Up Art 18 Pop Abstract Art , A brief introduction of Kelly Walker
FASHION PHOTORGAPHY
Albrecht Behmel
Up Photography 22 Pop "BOHO CHIC"
Celebrity Abstract Artist
by photographer Herbert Tucker
Way She Wants It 30 The An artistic presentation by photographer Thomas Bernavil
FEATURED STORIES Highlight 48 Special The Story of Ole Bijoux Photographed by Richard Lecoin
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Story 62 Cover Getting to know celebrity Artist
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Albrecht Behmel
Presentation 72 Fashion Sports never looked so stylish Designer Meghan Campbell
CITY HAPPENINGS Events 82 Artistic Jazz In The Gardens Music Festival
WRITER'S CORNER in style 88 Traveling The Travel Ban and You by Showeshi Boston
90 Empowerment When Eagles Fly by Georgia Bryce
and Relationships 92 Love Dry Those Eyes! by Toni Douglas
Entrepreneurship 94 Artistic Setting that legacy example by Emonde Prosper
Photo by Sean Simpson
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COVER CREDITS SELF PORTRAIT Subject photographed : ALBRECHT BEHMEL
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CHIC Photography by Herbert Tucker. Capturing the essense of beauty in models, wearing his clothing line.
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when one designer's will to succeed transforms into art, we can only help ourselves in capturing this creativiy on film. KEL FASHION a brand birthed by the mind of KERLINE JEAN BAPTISTE, is one of the most interesting emerging designers in Miami, and is definitely one to keep an eye on.
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IMAGINATIVE MINDof
GETTING TO KNOW THE ARTIST, AN EXPOSITION OF HIS WORK, AND WHERE HE CAN BE SEEN.
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Albrecht came to us as humble as they come. We can certainly say that he is passionate about his art and certainly deserves to be on our cover. Albrecht is a German artist dubbed to be a Novelist, Historian, Best-selling non-fiction author, Essayist, Screenwriter and award-winning Playwright. It certainly is a privilege and an honor to have an artist of such caliber gracing our pages. Albrecht took a leap of faith, quit his job and became a full-time artist. His first bold move was to send one of his paintings to Guy Kawasaki, a well renown Silicon Valley venture capitalist, and from there he went on to sell one of his masterpieces for 50,000 Euros (that’s 54,313.50 in US currency!). We feel so privileged to be able to bring you an amazing conversation with Albrecht and hope you enjoy his art as much as we did. The feeling we get in observing Albrecht's art is mind boggling ...literally! His paintings give you the feeling that every color, every line and every shape are intertwined with each other, totally TWISTED. However abstract cannot be defined by the artist but instead of us telling you why not enjoy the interesting conversation with Albrecht. www.creativmag.com | Feb - Mar 2017 | CREATIV | 63