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约翰·汤姆逊(Hohn Thomson,1837-1921),苏格兰摄影家、地理学家、旅行家,是最早来远东旅行,并用照片记录各地人文风俗和自然景观的摄影师之一。早期他在新加坡和泰国开设照相馆,1867年移居香港后,照相馆业务也随之迁移过来,提供拍摄肖像、风景,以及民居和商业建筑的服务。1869年至1871年汤姆逊进入中国内陆游历,以照相机记录途中的所见所闻,1872年回到英国后他将这些照片和日记结集出版了几部有关中国的摄影集,其中最具份量的是1873-1874年出版的四卷本图册《中国与中国人影像》(Illustrations of China and ItsPeople)。《中国与中国人影像》是对19世纪70年代晚清中国一个全景式的展示。汤姆逊的旅行从香港开始,由南到北,先后
Hohn Thomson (1837-1921), a Scottish photographer, geographer and traveler, was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East and use photographs to document human customs and natural landscapes. In the early days, he opened a photo studio in Singapore and Thailand. After moving to Hong Kong in 1867, the studio business also moved to provide portraits, landscapes, and residential and commercial services. From 1869 to 1871, Thomson entered China’s inland travel and saw what he saw on his camera. When he returned to England in 1872, he compiled these photographs and diaries and published several photographic books on China, the most important of which The four volumes of the Atlas of China and Its People, published 1873-1874, are Illustrations of China and Its People. The “Image of China and the Chinese” is a panoramic show of China in the late 1970s in the 1870s. Thomson’s travel from Hong Kong, from south to north, successively