What is it about?
How did photographers working in Europe during the fascist era come to document war's first victims, displaced children and refugees? David 'Chim' Seymour, a co-founder of Magnum Photos, was one such photographer, who was one such photographer, commissioned by UNESCO to document its relief work in postwar Europe.
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Why is it important?
The article's approach to 'visual research' looks at past and present perspective of the 'displaced child'. It asks readers to move beyond photography as illustrators of displacement, and to view photographic humanitarian missions as evidence of displacement itself, that was occurring all over the world in the wake of Nazi tyranny, war in SE Asia, and decolonization in South Asia.
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David 'Chim' Seymour was a pioneering photographer of twentieth century history. His life was cut short while covering the Suez crisis in 1956 and I consulted with his family and relatives on sources for the article. It is anticipated that my article will contribute to a 're-assessment' of Chim's importance as a humanitarian with exhibitions of his work across Europe. His work is already profiled on the Magnum Photos website, but drawing it out further to broad audiences is a goal of writing this article. I will continue to use his work for further research on the topic of visualizing ethical commitments to displaced children and refugees...
Simone Gigliotti
Royal Holloway, University of London
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This page is a summary of: Displaced children of Europe, then and now: photographed, itinerant and obstructed witnesses, Patterns of Prejudice, April 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0031322x.2018.1433010.
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