x-Galleries

  • Assignment Work ››

    Assignment Work ››

    ...

  • Unveiled ››

    Unveiled ››

    I’ve been so fortunate in my career as a photographer to have met and been able to photograph these wonderful...

  • Salvation ››

    Salvation ››

    Since 1992, Ron Seymour has been documenting in photography the people and work of The Salvation Army of Chicago. His...

  • Maxwell Street, 1954 ››

    Maxwell Street, 1954 ››

    In 1954 (when I was 18) a friend of mine who’s uncle had a table on Maxwell Street asked if...

A Note About My Father: Maurice Seymour

Actually, there were two Maurice Seymours. The brothers Maurice Zeldman and Seymour Zeldman came to Chicago from Russia in 1920. After working for a few years for Bloom’s Studios in the State-Lake Building (“Bloom was the Maurice Seymour of his day,” says Maurice), they launched their own studio in 1929 atop the St. Clair Hotel (now called the Inn of Chicago) on Ohio Street.