He said that he resisted the temptation for many years to join the family vocation he studied art history at NYU, labored as a photographer's assistant after college, then went into advertising.

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One of his colour pictures shows Naomi Savage, his one-time assistant who developed her own career as a photographer, and no doubt inspired by Man Ray, also invented a process called photographic engraving.

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Amelia Davis, a photographer who worked as Marshall's assistant, is the sole owner of Jim Marshall Photography. (Marshall died in 2010.) Working with Marshall to archive his work allowed her to listen to Marshall's many stories and delve into his memories.

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