Through the Lens of John Thomson
Worldwide Photography Exhibition Tour
We are thrilled to introduce Lupt Utama, an independent scholar and Emmy nominated costume designer, who is passionate about the photographs of John Thomson. In this video interview, he shares his expertise as he talks us through Thomson’s famous portrait…
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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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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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