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Chicago Magazine - Chicagoans of the Year
Marcus photographed the honourees for Chicago Magazine's Chicagoans of the Year Issue which celebrates impactful social work.
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Rena
Marcus collaborated with, choreographer and dancer, Rena Butler for this moving image piece.
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Rena
Marcus collaborated with, choreographer and dancer, Rena Butler for this personal series.
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The New York Times - Roscoe Mitchell
Marcus photographed jazz legend, Roscoe Mitchell for The New York Times.
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ESPN - LaMelo Ball
For the latest edition of ESPN Cover Story, Marcus Smith photographed American basketball player, LaMelo Ball.
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Before I ever wanted to be a photographer, I wanted to be a chef. I really used to get cookbooks from my mom’s friends as birthday presents when I was young. So to meet and photograph @cheferickwilliams was an absolute treat for me. He’s one of the most accomplished chefs in Chicago as the owner of @virtuerestaurantchi, so it what was very cool hearing his perspective on coming up pretty much the same way I did, through a relentless pursuit of what he wanted. Through the pandemic Erick stopped doing takeout from his restaurant in mid-April to solely provide meals to hospital staff at Stroger and UChicago Medical Center. When the restaurant re-opened in June, he kept the restaurant stocked with essentials that staff could take for personal use and gave out forgivable loans to employees. @cheferickwilliams for @chicagomag’s Chicagoans Of The Year

Aleta Clark is better known in her neighborhood as @englewoodbarbie. She’s one of the most memorable people I’ve met in a while. Aleta’s organization Hugs No Slugs creates safe houses on the South Side of the city. Through her work she caught the attention of Virgil Abloh via social media. Virgil partnered with Aleta by selling raffle tickets for one of his coveted sneaker releases. It created $187,000 for the organization that she was then able to use for the expansion of new safe house locations. She’s also led a peace march through Englewood in July to counter the violence that’s happened this summer. Twice a week, she picks an intersection and stands in the middle of the street handing out bags of groceries to people driving by to help feed them during the pandemic. @englewoodbarbie for @chicagomag’s Chicagoans Of The Year.

This was one my favorite projects I’ve gotten to work on in a while. @chicagomag commissioned me to make portraits for their annual Chicagoans Of The Year Issue. 2020 has been tough for all of us, so this year’s issue focused on Chicagoans doing some important work to help others during the pandemic. Aside from getting to spend time with all these incredible people, I also got to work in way that’s a favorite for me. With each person, I met with them in their respective environments and got to spontaneously figure out how I was going to approach each situation. I love that feeling of getting butterflies before a shoot because I don’t quite know how or what I’m going to do yet, then all of a sudden your instincts take over and you get it. In total, I photographed 6 different people for the entire project. I’ll start with @_tanyalozano. Tanya is the founder of Healthy Hood, which works to shrink the death gap between people on the South and West sides and the rest of the city. This year, she added the organization We Got Us to address COVID’s disproportionate impact on Latinos. They set up free pop-up COVID testing clinics on the South and West sides, created a zip code specific hotline that directs people to COVID and other community support resources near them delivering care packages with groceries, masks, sanitizer, gloves, etc.

The #1 tat could mean a lot more after tonight. @melo for @espn.

Fellow sneaker heads, once upon a time...Rui Hachimura for the Air Dior collection.

And I can’t forget about my guy AD reppin for Chi-town!