Mike Marvins

What's the title? In the words of Mike Marvins, "It is about the Holocaust only in a roundabout way--as seen through our family history--in pictures-- and showing how many of the same things are happening right now. it will NOT be political. It will not be a 'downer.'  Plus a good ol' American success story." 

Michael H. (Mike ) Marvins

Mike is a native Houstonian and fourth generation professional photographer. He is a graduate of San Jacinto High School and Tulane University. Following graduation, Mike served as a US Army officer for four years and then as an officer in the Us Army Reserve, retiring as a Lt. Colonel.

Following his active duty in the Army, Mike joined the family business,  Kaye Marvins Photography in Houston and built it into one of the largest and most respected fine portrait studios in the US. He holds the highest honors from the American Society of Photographers and the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Photographs by Mike are in a number of Museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,  The Amon Carter Museum, The Harry Ransom Center;University of Texas, and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. His photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the US and in China and England. 

In 1993, Mike began work on a family history project that turned into a chronicle of life and ultimately death, in his Father and Grandfather’s small town of Szczuczyn, Poland from the late 1800’s until the Nazi invasion of 1939. The photographs tell the story of the dangers of hate and intolerance, subjects that are even more relevant in todays world. 

Mike Marvins is a longtime member of The Rotary Club of Houston and a Paul Harris Fellow.