The Chinese photographs of John Thomson (1837-1921) | SOAS University of London
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2018-06-04

This seminar titled "The Chinese photographs of John Thomson (1837-1921)" was given by Michael Wood  at the Centre of South East Asian Studies, SOAS University of London on 17 May 2018. Find out more at https://goo.gl/2y7ZPZ
Historian and filmmaker Michael Wood reflects on Thomson’s amazing and moving images, the greatest photographic record of the people of Late Qing dynasty China and the role they played in presenting daily life in China to the Victorian public.