John Thomson
1878
Street Scene, Larnaca, Cyprus

Albumen print, from dry collodion negative
Christie's - London
Courtesy of Christie's, London (www.christies.com)
 
When John Thomson arrived, he found extreme poverty in the towns, buildings in ruins, and many of the people hungry. (John Hannavy, 2008)
 
This photograph was included in the book by John Hannavy "Great Photographic Journeys - in the footsteps of Pioneer British Photographers" (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008 - # ISBN-10: 1904587542, # ISBN-13: 978-1904587545)
 
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