John Thomson is one of the great figures in the history of photography, an extraordinary photographer, traveller, author, translator and teacher. In 1865 he travelled to Siam and photographed the King and his subjects creating a unique record of the country.
This talk by Deborah Ireland revisits the original negatives to see Siam as recorded by Thomson’s lens in 1865.
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Venue information
This event will be held in the Education Centre at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR.
Doors open at 2.00pm. The lecture will begin at 2.30pm.
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