[3] They frequently helped their parents harvest crops and exercised their drawing skills from a young age by tracing pictures from Sears catalogs.
[4] They worked numerous odd jobs while in high school which gained them connections with the wealthy, white population and allowed them to further their artistic ambitions.
[3] They were the first to graduate high school in their family and chose to pursue art careers despite receiving football scholarships to numerous Historically Black Colleges.
[6] They photographed George Washington Carver and Billie Holiday, among other famous Black artists and politicians, as well as street life in Harlem during this time.
[3] Morgan continued his work, photographing major news events and providing the pictures to a number of large Black newspapers throughout the country.
[6] Marvin studied with Romare Bearden and Fernand Léger in France after the end of World War II, while Morgan stayed in their New York studio.
The brothers, using New Media-technological advances and artistic talent, did video, sculpting, and painting at an extremely high level when resources were difficult to acquire for African Americans.
Additionally, their mission was to shine their lens on all shades of Blackness during a time when dark skin was considered by some as a handicap in the entertainment industry.