‘All you need is a little bit of luck and enough muscle to click the shutter.’ – David “Chim” Seymour
CHIM— along with Henri Cartier Bresson and Robert Capa— co founder of Magnum, and one of the original OG’s.
Epic visions
Epic sights.
Shoot with your heart
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“Chim picked up his camera the way a doctor takes his stethoscope out of his bag, applying his diagnosis to the condition of the heart; his own was vulnerable.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
Shooting your photos like a doctor — with your heart!
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Documenting life
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Copyright David “Chim” Seymour/Magnum Photos
Memento mori
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Copyright David “Chim” Seymour/Magnum Photos/The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Gift of Ben Shneiderman
Chim tragically died in machine gun fire in Egypt. Perhaps this is a chance for us to NOT take ourselves and life for granted.
Photographing children
Legacy
Speaking with your photos
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Equipment
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Moving photos
Photos of Chim which moved me:
MASTERS
“He without a past has no future.”
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The Masters of Photography
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Classics never die:
- Abbas
- Akira Kurosawa
- Alexander Rodchenko
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Alec Soth
- Alex Webb
- Alexey Brodovitch
- Anders Petersen
- Andre Kertesz
- Ansel Adams
- Araki
- Blake Andrews
- Bruce Davidson
- Bruce Gilden
- Burt Glinn
- Constantine Manos
- Daido Moriyama
- Dan Winters
- David Alan Harvey
- David ‘Chim’ Seymour
- David Hurn
- Diane Arbus
- Dorothea Lange
- Edward Weston
- Elliott Erwitt
- Ernst Haas
- Eugene Atget
- Eugene Smith
- Fan Ho
- Garry Winogrand
- Gilles Peress
- Gordon Parks
- Helen Levitt
- Helmut Newton
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Inge Morath
- Irving Penn
- Jacob Aue Sobol
- Jeff Mermelstein
- Joel Meyerowitz
- Joel Sternfeld
- Josef Koudelka / Part 2
- Josh White
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Lee Friedlander
- Lewis Hine
- Lisette Model
- Mario Giacomelli
- Magnum Contact Sheets
- Magnum Photographers
- Mark Cohen
- Martin Parr
- Martine Franck
- Mary Ellen Mark
- Nan Goldin
- Philip Jones Griffiths
- Rene Burri
- Richard Avedon
- Richard Kalvar
- Robert Capa
- Robert Frank
- Saul Leiter
- Sergio Larrain
- Sebastião Salgado
- Shomei Tomatsu
- Stephen Shore
- Steve McCurry
- The History of Street Photography
- Todd Hido
- Tony Ray-Jones
- Trent Parke
- Vivian Maier
- Walker Evans
- Weegee
- Werner Bischof
- William Eggleston
- William Klein
- Zoe Strauss