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David 'Chim' Seymour Biography
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1911
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Born in Warsaw, Poland
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1931
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Leipzig Akademie der Graphischen und Buch Kuenste
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1931 - 1933
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Chemistry and Physics, Sorbonne, Paris
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1936 - 1938
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Chim photographed the Spanish Civil War
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1942 - 1945
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Served in the US Army, winning a medal for his work in intelligence
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1947
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Founded Magnum Photos along with Cartier-Bresson, Capa, George Rodger, and William Vandivert
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1956
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10 November he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while traveling near the Suez Canal to cover a prisoner exchange
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2005 |
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David Seymour, Phaidon Press Ltd, UK |
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2003 |
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David Seymour, Chim, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Spain |
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1996 |
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Chim: The Photographs of David Seymour (text by Cornell Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson), Bulfinch Press, USA |
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1980 |
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Robert Capa, David Seymour: les grandes photos de la guerre d'Espagne, Janninck, France |
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1976 |
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Front Populaire (with Robert Capa), Le Chêne, France |
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1974 |
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David Seymour Chim, 1911-1956, Editions Michel Brient, France; Grossman Publishers, USA |
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1966 |
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David Seymour ('Chim'), Paragraphic Books, USA |
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1957 |
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Little Ones, Heibonsha, Japan |
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1950 |
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The Vatican, Behind the Scenes in the Holy City, Grosset & Dunlap, USA |
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1949 |
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Children of Europe, UNESCO |
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