Street Photography of 19th Century London
John Thomson (1837-1921) took documentary photographs of everyday people on the streets of London. They were not spontaneous like street photographs today. Photography during that time was a calculated and time intensive process with bulky cameras and glass plate negatives.
These photographs offer an interesting insight into everyday life in London in the late 1800s.
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These photographs offer an interesting insight into everyday life in London in the late 1800s.
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| Book cover for John Thomson & Adolphe Smith “Street Incidents” (London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881) [Street Incidents] 1881 |
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| Photographer: John Thomson Street Doctors [Street Life in London] 1877 Woodburytype London School of Economics - Digital Library |
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| Photographer: John Thomson The Cheap Fish Of St. Giles's [Street Life in London] 1877 Woodburytype London School of Economics - Digital Library |
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