The curatorial focus seeks to expand beyond Seymour s customary characterization as concerned documentarian. Some works in the exhibition are Seymour s familiar documents of the ravages of war. In others we recognize the faces of celebrities.
Some photographs are spontaneous moments in the street and others are formally planned and posed.
Again and again, these photographs show us that Seymour created intimacy and bridged distance, that he was close enough. The exhibition is curated by Terry Gips with the participation of Ben Shneiderman, nephew of David Seymour and professor of computer science at the University of Maryland. A print catalogue accompanies this exhibition and is available from The Art Gallery. The catalogue text appears on this site as well as a list of links including two other Seymour websites at the International Center of Photography which presented a major exhibition of his work in 1996, to relevant organizations and publications, to online photo stories, and to other photography sites. In addition, there are numerous links from within the catalogue essay to provide further information about Seymour's place in the history of photography.