David Seymour (born Dawid SzyminNovember 20, 1911 – November 10, 1956), or Chim (pronounced shim, an abbreviation of the surname "Szymin"), was a Polish photographer and photojournalist.
Chim was known for his images from the Spanish Civil War, for co-founding Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and George Rodger, and for his project "Children of War" with UNICEF that captured the plight of children in the aftermath of World War II.
He became president of Magnum after Capa's death in 1954 and held this post until his own death in 1956 by Egyptian machinegun fire in the aftermath of the Suez crisis.
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The Spanish Civil War through black-and-white war photography, capturing soldiers and civilians in emotionally charged moments that illustrate both the devastation of war and the human perspective of those affected.
Books
Robert Capa: Death in the Making
(Damiani, 2020)
Robert Capa in the Making
(Éditions Xavier Barral, 2024)