John Thomson. Street Life in London, published in 1876-7, consists of a series of articles by the radical journalist Adolphe Smith and the photographer John Thomson.
En una biblioteca de un centro de estudios de economía como es la LSE también es posible encontrar fotografía antigua, en este caso un libro "Street life in London"
John Thomson (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer
and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the
Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern
cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of
London cemented his reputation, and is regarded as a classic instance of
social documentary which laid the foundations for photojournalism.
Street Life in London, published in 1876-7, consists of a series of
articles by the radical journalist Adolphe Smith and the photographer
John Thomson. The pieces are short but full of detail, based on
interviews with a range of men and women who eked out a precarious and
marginal existence working on the streets of London, including
flower-sellers, chimney-sweeps, shoe-blacks, chair-caners, musicians,
dustmen and locksmiths. The subject matter of Street Life was not new –
the second half of the 19th century saw an increasing interest in urban
poverty and social conditions – but the unique selling point of Street
Life was a series of photographs ‘taken from life’ by Thomson
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