China Through the Lens of John Thomson (1868 – 1872)

Name: China Through the Lens of John Thomson (1868 – 1872)
Start: 2016-03-18T00:00:00
End: 2016-03-19T00:00:00
Location: Galleries at Enterprise Square

Mar 18, 2016

Galleries at Enterprise Square 10230 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4P6

January 22, 2016

5:13 PM

March 18

Gallery Hours: Thursday / Friday: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

(Admission by donation)

This is the first exhibition devoted to the images of China taken by the Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837 – 1921). Thomson was a pioneer in photojournalism and one of the most influential photographers of his generation.

He captured monuments and unfamiliar landscapes in his photographs, and was interested in the customs, occupation and appearance of the Chinese people – both rich and poor. All images in the exhibition are from The Wellcome Library Collection (London, England).