WattsOS
BB
Bernard Berenson
1955 · Gelatin silver print
13 7/16 × 9 1/16" (34.2 × 23 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture
Chim (David Seymour)
Artist
Representation
None documented
6
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
7
Assets Indexed
1
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
No movements recorded
Related Artists
No edges recorded
Influence Graph
No influence edges encoded yet.
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
View all exhibitions →No image
Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
No image
Photographs for Collectors
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
No image
30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
No image
Photographs from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
No image
The Family of Man
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
About
Why this artist matters now
Chim (David Seymour) was an American photographer known for his humanistic documentation of displaced persons and children in post-war Europe. Working primarily in black-and-white, he captured intimate moments of vulnerability and resilience across Poland, Greece, and the Middle East between 1945 and the mid-1950s. His photographs, made often under difficult conditions in refugee camps and war-ravaged communities, prioritized the dignity of his subjects over spectacle. He was a founding member of Magnum Photos, the cooperative agency established to champion independent photojournalism.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
Graph relationships
Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
—
Medium
—
Related Artists
6 in graph
Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (2)
Record
Images
Related artists
Adjacent in the graph
Record
Movements and affiliations
No movements linked yet
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
Record