{"id":1914,"date":"2025-08-08T18:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2025-08-08T18:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:37:54","slug":"john-thomson-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/john-thomson-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"John Thomson: photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>photographer, geographer and traveller<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1915\" src=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thomson-05.jpg\" alt width=\"240\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thomson-05.jpg 400w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thomson-05-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"><\/p>\n<p>Uploaded pages on John Thomson (born 14 June 1837\u2013died 29 September 1921).<br>\nThis includes a&nbsp;slightly revised essay I&nbsp;wrote for an Peranakan Museum Singapore exhibition and publication in 2028\/2019. My emphasis was on John Thomson\u2019s experiences in Singapore and how this shaped his later photography career. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-web.com.au\/johnthomson\/\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photographer, geographer and traveller Uploaded pages on John Thomson (born 14 June 1837\u2013died 29 September 1921). This includes a&nbsp;slightly revised essay I&nbsp;wrote for an Peranakan Museum Singapore exhibition and publication in 2028\/2019. My emphasis was on John Thomson\u2019s experiences in Singapore and how this shaped his later photography career. 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