Thomas Annan

Title: Glasgow archive

Artist: Thomas Annan

Medium: photogravure

Year:1872



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

Thomas Annan was born in 1829 in Dairsie, Fife. He had and apprenticeship with a lithographer in Cupar, but then he moved to Glasgow. In 1857 Thomas established the photogravure process. While he was in Glasgow he was the first person to take photographs of the poor housing conditions that poor people had. He was then hired by the Glasgow City Improvement Trust to take pictures of the slum areas of Glasgow.





Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

The thing I thought was interesting is how he was the first person to start taking pictures of slum areas. I liked how he did that because then people knew how bad housing was in that area. The picture that I saw made me sad because I can’t see how people can live in those conditions.







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