David Seymour
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David Seymour est né à Varsovie en 1911, dans une famille d'imprimeurs. Sous le pseudonyme Chim, il entame sa carrière de photographe en freelance. A partir de 1934, ses images paraissent régulièrement dans Paris Soir et Regards, l'un des premiers magazines illustrés. A travers l'agence Alliance, Chim rencontre Cartier-Bresson et Robert Capa, il devient l'un des membres fondateurs de Magnum....
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David Seymour , une figure du photojournalisme
S’il est souvent mentionné que David Seymour, dit Chim, fut, en 1947, l’un des quatre fondateurs de la célèbre agence Magnum, l’importance de sa contribution à l’émergence du photoreportage moderne reste en partie méconnue. On se souvient que Robert Capa, son confrère et ami, aimait pourtan...
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l'Ombre de la guerre - Maison Européenne de la Photographie
La Maison européenne de la photographie présente, cet été, L’ombre de la guerre, exposition organisée par Contrasto, dans le cadre du projet Science for Peace de la Fondation Veronesi. Umberto Veronesi, son fondateur, s’est assuré le concours de scientifiques, de personnalités internationales d...
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The Mexican Suitcase at ICP - un trésor mondial du photojournalisme
Lost since 1939, the Mexican Suitcase contains nearly 4,500 negatives documenting the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour), and Gerda Taro. These films had traveled from Paris via the south of France to Mexico City, where, almost seventy years later, they were recovered and now reside in the collection of the International Center of Pho...
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Early Magnum à Londres ; les débuts de l'agence Magnum
In February 2010 Magnum Photos announced the sale of its New York print archive to the founder of Dell computers, Michael Dell. Comprising over 185,000 photographs, this landmark acquisition takes a substantial amount of previously purchasable early Magnum photographs off the market, to be catalogued and preserved as a study collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the Universit...
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Magnum Photos 60 years at the Stedelijk Museum
Throughout that period MAGNUM never ceased to supply photographs that have become part of the world’s collective memory – pictures of landmark events like the Russian army’s invasion of Prague in 1968 and the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in Beijing in 1989. The exhibition uses photographs, books and texts to illustrate the history of MAGNUM year by year and gives visitors t...
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David Seymour (Chim)
The American photojournalist David Seymour (Chim), born in Poland (1911-56), used his camera to record political upheavals and social change during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s
A founding member of the Magnum photo agency, Seymour's photographic legacy is here shown to include outstanding portraits of personalities of the time, such as Bernard Berenson and Sophia Loren, as ...
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