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David Seymour

(Polish, 1911–1956)

france: wedding, ile de seine, france by david seymour

David Seymour

France: Wedding, Ile de Seine, France, 1935

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greece: meteores by david seymour

David Seymour

Greece: Meteores, 1954

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the vatican: pope pius xii by david seymour

David Seymour

The Vatican: Pope Pius XII, 1949

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the paris years: a popular front demonstration, in the foreground (l to r) socialist premier leon blum and veteran communist maurice thorez by david seymour

David Seymour

The Paris Years: A Popular Front demonstration, in the foreground (l to r) Socialist Premier Leon Blum and veteran Communist Maurice Thorez, 1936

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the post war years: the revival, a war damaged statue under repair, bologna by david seymour

David Seymour

The Post War Years: The Revival, A war damaged statue under repair, Bologna, ca. 1948

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greece: earthquake aftermath, island of cephalonia by david seymour

David Seymour

Greece: Earthquake aftermath, Island of Cephalonia, 1953

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israel by david seymour

David Seymour

Israel, 1951

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israel by david seymour

David Seymour

Israel

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spain by david seymour

David Seymour

Spain, 1936

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Biography

Timeline

1911
Born in Warsaw, Poland
1931 - 1933
Chemistry and Physics, Sorbonne, Paris
1931
Leipzig Akademie der Graphischen und Buch Kuenste
1936 - 1938
Chim photographed the Spanish Civil War
1942 - 1945
Served in the US Army, winning a medal for his work in intelligence
1947
Founded Magnum Photos along with Cartier-Bresson, Capa, George Rodger, and William Vandivert
1956
10 November he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while traveling near the Suez Canal to cover a prisoner exchange

Literature

2005
David Seymour, Phaidon Press Ltd, UK
2003
David Seymour, Chim, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Spain
1996
Chim: The Photographs of David Seymour (text by Cornell Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson), Bulfinch Press, USA
1980
Robert Capa, David Seymour: les grandes photos de la guerre d'Espagne, Janninck, France
1976
Front Populaire (with Robert Capa), Le Chêne, France
1974
David Seymour Chim, 1911-1956, Editions Michel Brient, France; Grossman Publishers, USA
1966
David Seymour ('Chim'), Paragraphic Books, USA
1957
Little Ones, Heibonsha, Japan
1950
The Vatican, Behind the Scenes in the Holy City, Grosset & Dunlap, USA
1949
Children of Europe, UNESCO
English (US)

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