If you’re interested in travel photography, this talk about one of the pioneers of the artform, John Thomson, is right up your street. It’s at the Royal Photographic Society in London and only £5. Find out more below
Learn about a Pioneer
The first London exhibition of John Thomson’s photography provides an opportunity to look at his working practices from wet collodion to dry plate. He was one of the few nineteenth century photographers who actively continued promoting the application of photography, thirty years after his first success in the Far East.
Using his own words where possible, examples of his negatives from the Wellcome Collection and prints from the Royal Geographical Society, we hope to show how his expertise and passion for the application of photography is still relevant today.
Chao Praya panorama, Siam (Old Thailand) – by John Thomson
Speakers:
Deborah Ireland FRPS Freelance writer specialising in the history of photography
Betty Yao, co-curator of the exhibition ‘China and Siam: Through the Lens of John Thomson’ at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London.
EVENT DETAILS:
Event: Talk on John Thomson
Date and time: 14 April 2018, 13:30 – 15:30
Venue: V&A Seminar Room 5, Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL
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Photos:
Royal Photographic Society website
John Thomson’s photos, courtesey of Wellcome Library, London
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The John Thomson Exhibition Blog features multi-media stories about John Thomson, the Victorian photographer, and the London exhibition of his photos of China and Old Siam from the 1860s, Through the Lens of John Thomson, co-curated by Betty Yao and Narisa Chakrabongse. www.johnthomsonexhibition.org
