Tag Archives: Chim (David Seymour)

Left Holding the Baby

According to the English saying, if you have been “left holding the baby,” then you’ve been deserted and left with a responsibility that would ideally be shared. It is similar to the American expression, “left holding the bag,” which also … Continue reading

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What’s the Point?

Pointing fingers is rude. W. Eugene Smith, British actor, playwright, and composer, Noel Coward, 1949 In western cultural codes and etiquette, we are taught not to point fingers at people, as it is unacceptable. Quite naturally, being pointed at is … Continue reading

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Malick Sidibé, Mère et Enfants, ca.1975/2003 Chim (David Seymour), [Mother nursing a baby while listening to political speech, near Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain], late April/early May 1936 W. Eugene Smith, [newborn infant being presented to Alice Cooper], from Nurse Midwife, 1951 … Continue reading

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Revolt! Bite the Hand That Bleeds You

Forrest Myers, [Revolt! Bite the Hand That Bleeds You] ,  ca. 1970                                           The six Al-Jazeera reporters arrested last week during … Continue reading

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Screen Sirens of the 1950s

Chim (David Seymour), Sophia Loren in her home. Naples, Italy, 1955 Cornell Capa, [Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Misfits, Nevada], 1960 Leonard McCombe, [Eyes right is executed with almost military precision by dining car males aboard New York … Continue reading

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ICP Goes to the Movies

In honor of the New York Film Festival, which begins this week, we decided to look at some works made by noted photographers on film sets. Although Chim (David Seymour) is much better known for his war photography, he took … Continue reading

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Preview the Mexican Suitcase

One of three boxes containing negatives by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and Chim (David Seymour). © International Center of Photography Robert Capa, [Battle of Teruel, Spain], December 1937 Gerda Taro, [Second International Congress for the Defense of Culture, Valencia, Spain], … Continue reading

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Great Conductors IV: Arturo Toscanini

Chim (David Seymour), Arturo Toscanini, master conductor and pianist, at the age of 87. In the library case are the death masks of Beethoven, Wagner, and Verdi, Milan, 1954 In a letter proposing a new series to Newsweek magazine, the … Continue reading

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Still Lifes with Faucet

Louis Stettner, Phoenicia, 1998 David Seymour, [Guns in a bathroom, Spain], ca. 1936

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National Dog Day

David Seymour, [Noel Coward at home, hugging his poodle], ca. 1950 It is the Human Condition to Love. It is Love that Changes the Human Condition. It is the Love of one Human that can Change a Nation. It is that Love which empowers … Continue reading

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