On January 25, 1913, Annibale Luigi Paragallo was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. As a teenager, he taught himself six different languages, including Egyptian hieroglyphics. He enrolled in a photography class in high school and fell in love with the medium. When he was 19, he wrote what is considered to be the first book on 35mm color photography called Color Photography with the Miniature Camera.

Instead of attending college, he freelanced as a photographer and worked at a radio station. Arguing his current name was too difficult for a radio audience, the station manager suggested a change. The two opened a phone book and decided upon Luis Marden.

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