約翰·湯姆森 作《ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHINA AND ITS PEOPLE》相冊
John Thomson (1837-1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer. He travelled in China for five years, explored South China, Foochow and the River Min, Formosa (modern day Taiwan), North China, Peking, Shanghai and the Yangtze. The photographs in these four volumes show the many sides of China: sweeping landscapes, royalty and ruling classes, merchants and economic activity, everyday life, and the faces of men, women, and children.?It is the first large-scale photographic documentation of China and a visual encyclopedia of its lands and peoples.