David Seymour (photographer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Seymour (photographer)

Polish photographer and photojournalist

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1911

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 10-Nov-1956

Profession: photographer, photojournalist, journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

David Seymour (born Dawid Szymin; November 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.