Through the Looking Glass: Photography, Science and Imperial Motivations in John Thomson's Photographic Expeditions (2014)
The article discusses Scottish photographer and explorer John Thomson, focusing particularly on his four-volume book "Illustrations of China and Its People," as well as his later books "The Straits of Malacca," "Through Cyprus With a Camera," and "Street Life in London." The interrelationship between science and photography is explored. Topics considered include British imperialism, geography and travel, nineteenth-century beliefs in racial differences, post-colonial theory, Orientalism, ethnography, and Victorian photographic travel books.
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