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"Foochow and the River Min", John Thomson (1837-1921) | PhotoAnthology

Foochow and the River Min

John Thomson (1837-1921)

The Min River region’s timeless beauty and cultural transformation during China’s late Qing Dynasty.

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Foochow and the River Min

John Thomson (1837-1921)

The Min River region’s timeless beauty and cultural transformation during China’s late Qing Dynasty.

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Fishing with Cormorants

Yuen-Fu Monastery

The Alter of Heaven

Foochow Arsenal

Temple at Yen-Ping

Road to the Plantation

Right Shoulder of Cave

Yuen-Fu Monastery Cave

Rocks in the Rapids

The Lover’s Leap

The Island Pagoda

Part of the Lower Bridge

A Reach of the Min

Books

John Thomson: A Window to the Orient

University of New Mexico Press, 1989

John Thomson (1837-1921): Photographer

The Stationery Office, 1997

Siam & China Through the Lens of John Thomson

River Books, 1970

Thomson's China: Travels and Adventures of a Nineteenth-century Photographer

Oxford University Press, 1994

More by John Thomson

The Crawlers

Street Life in London

John Thomson (1837-1921)

An early photography project documenting the living conditions of Victorian London’s urban poor.

Prince Kung, 1873

Illustrations of China and Its People

John Thomson (1837-1921)

Ethnographic and artistic exploration of social and cultural traditions in 19th-century China.

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