WRITINGS ON
Recent Essays
2014 to now
- Melissa Lindberg Vatican City, Israel, and Other New Additions to the David “Chim” Seymour Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Blog, June 21, 2023
- Hannah Edgar, “The Art of War,” Chicago Reader, January 30, 2023
- Ben Shneiderman, “Close Encounters in Photojournalism History,” January 8, 2022
- Martha Gellhorn, Two by Two, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1958. Notes by Ben Shneiderman, January 9, 2022
- Karin Priem, Appearances – Studies in Visual Research, “Visual Presence and Interpretation: Two Dimensions of the Fight Against Illiteracy in Texts by Carlo Levi and Photographs by David Seymour (1950),” 2022
- Karin Priem and Frederik Herman, Appearances – Studies in Visual Research, “Humanitarian Photography Beyond the Picture: David ‘CHIM’ Seymour’s Children of Europe,” 2021
- Klaudia Prevezanos, DW.com, “David Seymour: Magnum founder and human rights photographer,” 2021
- Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post, “Behind the Lines,” 2019
- Carole Naggar, New York Review of Books, “David ‘Chim’ Seymour: Photographs to Change the
World,” 2018 - Barry Davis, The Jerusalem Post, “Close to History,” 2017
- William Meyers, The Wall Street Journal, ‘Capturing History: The Photography of Chim’, Review: The Past Made Personal, 2017
- Ian Burrell, The Drum, How vintage picture agency Magnum Photos is reinventing itself for the Instagram age at 70, 2016
- CNN.com – Unseen photos of Europe after World War II, 2016
- Anthony Feinstein, The Globe and Mail, “David Seymour’s photography: a body of work imbued with a deep humanity,” 2015
- Beverly Brannan, Library of Congress blog, “David Seymour (CHIM), Photographer of the Spanish Civil War,” 2014
- Brigitte Ollier, Liberation, “David Seymour, au coeur de l’evenement,” 2014
- Carole Naggar, Contrejour, “Living Chim,” 2014
2013 and earlier
Ellen Tolmie, UNICEF “UNICEF’s first international photographer”, 2013
- Elizabeth I. Johnson, CNN Photos, “Retrospective of Magnum co-founder,” 2013
- Carole Naggar, TIME, “A Second Look: Chim’s Children of War,” 2013
- Francis Reynolds, The Nation, “Chim’s Eye: On Photography and Politics,” 2013
- Peter Van Agtmael, The New York Times (Lens), “Chim: A Vivid Retrospective of Europe,” 2013
- Philippe Theophanidis, Aphelis, “Tereska Draws Her Home,” 2013
- Carole Naggar, The Volunteer, “Chim in the Spanish Civil War: Another Way of Seeing,” 2013
- Richard McBee, “Two Jewish Views of Photography: Chim at International Center of Photography,” 2013
- Agnieszka Le Nart, Culture.pl, “We Went Back: Photographs From Europe 1933 – 1956 by Chim,” 2013
- Elizabeth Denlinger, The New York Jewish Week, “Last Look: Chim at ICP,” 2013
- Artdaily.org, “Photographs by David “Chim” Seymour and Roman Vishniac on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery,” 2013
- Link To Poland, “David ‘Chim’ Seymour at the ICP in New York,” 2013
- Ed Barnas, The New York Photo Review, “Finding the Human Face,” 2013
- Art Space, “The Adventurous Eye of Photographer David Seymour,” 2013
- Tom Beck’s book published by Phaidon, Review of the book “Chim’s Impact,” 2008
- Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times, “Images Engraved in History’s Heart,” 1996
Biographical Essays by Carole Naggar, July 2007
Based on original research and new interviews, Carole Naggar paints a compelling portrait of CHIM’s life and work. (Any link below opens or downloads the essay)
- Leipzig (October 1929 – February 1931)
- Paris Professional Debuts: From Szymin to CHIM (1932-1935)
- CHIM in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- The Sweetwater Canal (November 1956)
- CHIM Seen by His Friends and Colleagues
- Interview with Burt Glinn
Magnum Photos: Online Articles
- Ben Shneiderman, Magnum Flow, “Reflections on Workers: Salgado and Chim,” September 7, 2020 (Local copy)
- Ben Shneiderman, Magnum Flow, “David Seymour,” August 20, 2020
- Carole Naggar, Magnum Photos, “Society: They Did Not Stop at Eboli,” 2019
- Hannah Abel-Hirsch, Magnum Photos, “Social Issues: Children of Europe,” 2017
- Hannah Abel-Hirsch, Magnum Photos, “Politics: The Rise of the Front Populaire,” 2017
- Carole Naggar, Magnum Photos, “Theory & Practice: David Seymour: A Life Worth Living,” 2016
- Ben Shneiderman, Magnum Photos, “Chim’s Impact,” 2013
Magnum Photos: Photo Galleries
- Magnum Photos, Inside the Vatican during Pope Pius XII reign
- Magnum Photos, David Seymour’s Coverage of the Spanish Civil War
- Magnum Photos, Front Populaire: 1935-1936
Radio Commentary:
- Susan Stamberg, National Public Radio, David Seymour’s ‘Reflections From The Heart’
Other Essays:
- Eileen Shneiderman
- John G. Morris
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Judith Friedberg
- Cornell Capa
- Unknown eulogist at CHIM Memorial Service
- Margaret Schermerhorn
- Peter Pollack
- Eileen Shneiderman – Notes for speech at ICP in 1981, at the 25th anniversary of CHIM’s death
- Earl Prebezac– Remembrances of CHIM from Camp Ritchie
- Report on CHIM’s death in Sinai by Enrique Meneses Jr.1956
- Curator Terry Gips writes about CHIM for “Close Enough” exhibit in 1999 at Art Gallery of the University of Maryland, College Park
Early web-based biographies:
- A website prepared for the 1996 Chim exhibit at the International Center of Photography provides a useful overview of Chim’s life
- An early hypertext Chim biography (1986), was converted to fit the web (1998).
This includes stories of the formation of ICP, list of personalities photographed by Chim, a timeline of Chim’s life, and a student paper about the design of web-based biographies.