Born December 5, 1927 in the Bronx as son of a fourth-generation baker. As a child he frequently accompanied his uncles to their jobs as cinema projectionists. Joined the socio-politically engaged New York Photo League in 1948. 1949–1952, he studied at the Chicago Institute of Design, working in the photo lab of Life magazine. Returning to NYC after graduation, he started out as a sports photographer; first museum exhibitions. For the next decades, his career as a photojournalist took him to Europe and Africa, i.a. Multiple awards and exhibitions. In 2017: first major retrospective monograph, published by Taschen. Marvin E. Newman passed away in New Jersey on September 13, 2023.
