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John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London cemented his reputation ...
Biography. On 14 June 1837, Thomson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of four children and the son of a tobacconist. After his schooling, he was apprenticed to a local optical and scientific instrument manufacturer, where he learned the principles of photography and completed his apprenticeship around 1858. In April 1862, Thomson set off for ...
John Thomson. 14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921. John Thomson, self-portrait with Manchu soldiers in Fujian, 1871. John Thomson was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveler. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes, and artifacts of Eastern cultures.
Edinburgh-born John Thomson (1837-1921) was one of the great names of early photography. His photographic legacy is one of astonishing quality and depth. Thomson's images of China and South-East Asia brought the land, culture, and people of the Far East alive for the 'armchair travellers' of Victorian Britain. He was one of the pioneers of ...
These have travelled to 30 museums across 3 continents and seen by over 1 million visitors. China: Through the Lens of John Thomson. Siam: Through the Lens of John Thomson. These exhibitions cover a decade of Thomson’s photographic work in Asia from 1862 to 1872 and is curated from the renowned collection of glass negatives at the Wellcome ...
John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London cemented his reputation ...
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John Thomson, born in Edinburgh, was the first Western photographer to travel widely through the length and breadth of China. This unit introduces his celebrated Illustrations of China and Its People: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, with Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People Represented, published in four volumes during 1873 and ...
