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  • Time Machines ››

    Time Machines ››

    Photographs truly are Time Machines. I,ve had the privilege of being able to photograph some people for the second time...

  • Children ››

    Children ››

    Photographing children (I don’t mean professional model/actor children) is always an adventure into the unknown.I try to just let them...

  • THe Maurice Seymour Gallery ››

    THe Maurice Seymour Gallery ››

    Photographer to the Celebrities Actually, there were two Maurice Seymours. The brothers Maurice Zeldman and Seymour Zeldman came to Chicago...

  • Personal, Family and Friends ››

    Personal, Family and Friends ››

    Family and Friends. Those are the most important things in our lives. I have two children and 5 grandchildren and...

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.