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46 BAL HARBOUR Contributors "I was introduced to Mitchell Kaplan back in the early '80s, before there was a Books & Books," LES STANDIFORD says of his «ÀwiÃÕLiVÌ>` ÃE ÃvÕ`iÀ° "He was already talking about the kind of store he wanted and how the Miami Book >ÀÜ>Ã}}ÌÌÀ>ÃvÀÌiVÌÞ°Ƃ Ü>Ìi`Ü>ÃÌ«ÕLÃ>Ã}iL°» Since then, Standiford has become the founding director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University >>`ÜÀÌÌiÓÎLðºÀiÌ> 35 years later, I look back at all the things that have been accomplished and shake Þi>`°-iÌiÃ`Ài>Ã`Vi true—if you work hard enough, stick at it for two or three decades, and have a little ÕV>}ÌiÜ>Þ>ÃÜi]Ì>Ìð» INGE FONTEYNE started her career at Vogue as an assistant to stylist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, before becoming the senior fashion editor at Elle° ÜÜÀ}`i«i`iÌÞ] Fonteyne brings her eye to Bal Harbour, working with photographer Stewart Shining on the fashion spread featuring >ÃÀ>>`/>ÀµÕ7`}°º/ÃÃÌÜ>Ã>ÜÀÜ`]» ÃiÃ>ÞðºÌÜ>ÃÞi`>Þ>`iÛiÀÞÌ«`iÃ}iÀÕ«i` L>À`°ÛiV>LÀ>Ì}ÜÌ-ÌiÜ>ÀÌ°7iÀi>Þ>` fun—to me it's not worth it unless you have fun!" RUVEN AFANADOR has been behind the lens since iwÀÃÌi`>V>iÀ>>ÌÌi>}iv£{°-ViÌi]Ìi Colombia-born photographer has shot nearly every >ÀÛ}>ÀÌÃÌ]ÕÃV>]`>ViÀ]>VÌÀ]«ÌV>] and supermodel, bringing a contrast of masculinity and femininity to his innumerable portraits, fashion spreads, and ÌÀiiLÃv«Ì}À>«Þ°ÀÌÃÃÃÕi]iÃÌ`i Missy Rayder in mid-century inspired layers accented by `À>>ÌVvi>ÌiÀÃiÛiÀÞÌ}vÀ>ÌÃÌÃiiÛið GARY KRAVIT (STANDIFORD)