David 'Chim' Seymour
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Carole Naggar
About this book
"He used his camera like a doctor would use a stethoscope in order to diagnose the state of the heart. His own was vulnerable.", Cartier-Bresson wrote about David Seymour, who liked to be called Chim.
Chim is best known as one of the cofounders of photojournalism’s famous cooperative Magnum Photos. Weaving Chim’s life and work, this book discovers this empathetic photographer who has been called "The First Human Rights Photographer".
In 1947, Chim was one of the four cofounders of the Magnum Photos cooperative with Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson and George Rodger. He also wrote Magnum’s 1955 bylaws, which are still in effect today. But he is the only one of those famous photographers who does not have a full biography to his name. This book examines his life and work from Poland to France to the Spanish Civil War, his work for British intelligence during World War II, his reportage on Europe’s children after the war, his reportages on Italian actors, illiteracy and religious festivals in Southern Italy, his coverage of Israel’s beginnings before his 1956 death during the Suez war. His complex itinerary is emblematic of the displacements and passages of the XXth century.
• With numerous photographs from the Magnum Photos archive
• Explores the work of the "First Human Rights Photographer"
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Carole Naggar, New York, USA.
Reviews
"Her [Carole Naggar’s] excellent biography should serve to rekindle the public’s interest in one of the most compelling photographers of the twentieth century." Sebastiaan Faber in: The Volunteer, 18.8.2022
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"With her grandiose biography, Carole Naggar has opened up this uncompromisingly humanistic album, which is pervaded by melancholy beauty, and brought it into the 21st century." Irme Schaber in: Photonews, 12/2022-1/2023
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Frontmatter
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Table of Contents
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Prologue: Something Like an Owl… and Something Like a Buddha
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Chapter 1: Peace and War. 1911–1929
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Chapter 2: The City of Books. 1929–1931
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Chapter 3: Becoming Chim. 1932–1933
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Chapter 4: Front Populaire. 1934–1936
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Chapter 5: The Good Cause. Spring 1936–February 1939
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Chapter 6: From Chim to David Seymour. 1939–1945
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Chapter 7: Welcome to the Time Inc. Stink Club. 1947–1948
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Chapter 8: Children of Europe. 1948
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Chapter 9: Return to Poland: An Obliterated Past. 1948
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Chapter 10: I am a Mediterranean
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Chapter 11: Tracing the Letters. 1950
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Chapter 12: Generation X: This is our Character, this is our Strength. 1952
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Chapter 13: Of Saints, Snakes, and Angels. 1951–1955
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Chapter 14: Under Greek Skies. 1951–1954
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Chapter 15: Pinups, Snails, Pigeons, and Spaghetti. 1950–1955
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Chapter 16: I Found a Home: Israel. 1951–1955
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Chapter 17: I Want to be into Things. November 10, 1956
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Epilogue: His Name Opened Doors. Chim’s Legacy
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Timeline
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Appendix
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Selected Bibliography
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Acknowledgements
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Also by Carole Naggar (selection)
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Index
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