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 photojournalism, using his camera to
record life on London's streets in the 1870s. As a society photographer he also
captured the rich and famous in the years before the First World War.
These pages present a brief introduction to Thomson's work, with examples
drawn from the National Library of Scotland's collections.
Text © National Library of Scotland
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