A Street Photographer Of 19th Century London

image credit John Thompson cc

A street photographer of 19th century London was John Thompson. It is known that he traveled the Far East taking photographs during much of the period between 1860-1879. On his return to London he joined with Adolphe Smith, a socialist journalist, in a project to photograph the street life of the London poor.

The volumes were published in monthly parts as Street Life in London, and were an early example of social and documentary photography.

More photos by John Thompson at the LSE Digital Library.