[Leica] CHIM monograph FS

[Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net>]

I found a stash of CHIM monographs.

'CHIM - The Photographs of David Seymour'
The definitive biography of Chim, one of the founding fathers of Magnum.
Inroduction by Henri Cartier Bresson, Foreword by Cornell Capa, Text by 
Inge Bondi.
Published by Andre Deutsch, 1996. 192 pages 10 1/2" x 12 1/2" x 1", 
hardback.

(New price, 30 UKP)
For Sale, (brand new) only 10 UKP.
UK postage, 3.85 UKP
US postage, sadly, 13.09 UKP
jem.kime@cwcom.net

   Among the great masters of European photography, Chim endures as a 
legend. Born David Seymour, he is best known as the founder, along with 
Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and George Rodger, of photojournalism's 
famous co-operative agency, Magnum.
   In this first comprehensive retrospective of Chim's work, featuring over 
150 images, many never before published, a haunting social portrait and 
critique of the turbulent events of the twentieth century emerges, from 
France's Front Populaire and the Spanish civil war to the devastating 
aftermath of World War II and the birth of Israel.
   Indelible among Chim's most powerful photographs are his tender images 
of refugee children displaced or maimed by war, part of a three-year 
project for UNICEF that took him through Europe.  Chim's quiet, owlish 
charm and emotional empathy extended to his portraits of such diverse 
figures as Ingrid Bergman, Arturo Toscanini, Bernard Berenson, and Audrey 
Hepburn. It was a shock to all when he died tragically in sniper fire in 
the Suez War in 1956.
   This long-overdue remembrance of the life and times of one of the most 
memorable chroniclers of the century is introduced by two longtime friends, 
photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and Cornell Capa, Director Emeritus of 
the International Center of Photography in New York and brother of Robert 
Capa. A fascinating biographical account by Inge Bondi, former director of 
Magnum during Chim's    lifetime, enlarges on his personal life. The 
publication and international travelling exhibition accompanying it 
coincide with the fortieth anniversary of Chim's death.