Smith, Marvin
Born: Feb 16, 1910 AD
Died: 2003 AD, at 93 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Photographers
Died: 2003 AD, at 93 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Photographers
1910 - Marvin and Morgan (his twin brother) Smith were born on February 16th, to a sharecropper family in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
- Marvin Smith was a famed Harlem photographer with his identical twin brother Morgan Smith, who strove to bring light to the positive happenings in Harlem (portrayed by the general media as a community of hustlers and other low-life types).
1937 - The talents of Morgan and Marvin Smith were first noticed by the public when Morgan won an award for his photograph of a young boy playing hi-li. Robert Day, the young boy in the photograph, soon became the subject of other works produced by the Smith brothers.
1950 - Marvin Smith left Harlem so that he could study under Romare Bearden in Paris.
1952 - When Marvin returned from France, Morgan taught him about the film industry and Marvin became a sound technician for NBC.
1968 - Morgan and Marvin Smith closed their Harlem photography studio at 141 West 125th Street.
1998 - His retrospective was published in the book "Harlem: The Vision of Morgan and Marvin Smith".
2003 - He died on November 9th in New York City at age 93.
- Marvin Smith was a famed Harlem photographer with his identical twin brother Morgan Smith, who strove to bring light to the positive happenings in Harlem (portrayed by the general media as a community of hustlers and other low-life types).
1937 - The talents of Morgan and Marvin Smith were first noticed by the public when Morgan won an award for his photograph of a young boy playing hi-li. Robert Day, the young boy in the photograph, soon became the subject of other works produced by the Smith brothers.
1950 - Marvin Smith left Harlem so that he could study under Romare Bearden in Paris.
1952 - When Marvin returned from France, Morgan taught him about the film industry and Marvin became a sound technician for NBC.
1968 - Morgan and Marvin Smith closed their Harlem photography studio at 141 West 125th Street.
1998 - His retrospective was published in the book "Harlem: The Vision of Morgan and Marvin Smith".
2003 - He died on November 9th in New York City at age 93.
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