John Thomson

John Thomson
Scottish Photographer
1837-1921
　
　
　
John Thomson traveled 5,000 miles with his wooden camera and fragile glass plates to reveal a world most people had never seen. His photographs of Asian Countries included, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Taiwan. During his time there he brought back all these different cultures with his photographs. 700 of his original glass negatives are now in display at the Wellcome Library in London.
The reason I chose John Thomson was because of his travel to Asia. What really got my attention was when he traveled to Cambodia, and was the first to photograph the temples of Angkor. This summer I went to visit Cambodia with my family and had the opportunity to visit Angkor Wat.
　
　
　
　
Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):joe rhodes