David Seymour

David Seymour was born Dawid Szymin in Warsaw in 1911, and Chim came from a shortened form of his surname. He later used the English name David Seymour while working internationally as a photojournalist.

In 1948 UNICEF sent Chim to document children affected by the war in Europe. His Children of Europe work showed displaced, orphaned, and traumatized children in countries including Poland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Greece.

Seymour co-founded Magnum Photos in 1947 with Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and George Rodger. After Capa died in 1954, Chim became president of Magnum.

Chim was killed in 1956 while covering events after the Suez Crisis. He died near El Qantara in Egypt while traveling with French photographer Jean Roy.