Through the Lens of John Thomson
Worldwide Photography Exhibition Tour
Photographer Grace Lau shares with us her response to John Thomson’s photographs of China and of Chinese women, taken in the 1860s. Grace Lau is a feminist Chinese photographer based in the UK. Her intention in her work is “raise…
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What will you see at the John Thomson Exhibition in London? Here is a taster – check out this video trailer for some of the extra-ordinary photos taken by John Thomson on his travels across Old China and Siam in…
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Yang-May Ooi, acclaimed writer/ performer of Bound Feet Blues, has joined the the John Thomson Exhibition team multi-media blogger. Here she tells how her personal family history intersects with the epic storytelling in Thomson’s photography Yang-May writes: When Betty Yao…
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Co-curator, Betty Yao, was smitten the moment she saw John Thomson’s photographs of Old China and Siam at the Wellcome Library in London. She knew she just had to put together an exhibition of his work for the world to…
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John Thomson took early street photos of Ancient China and Old Siam back in the 1860s when cameras were the size of carry on hand luggage, and developing had to be done in situ. We are thrilled to announce the…
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