John Thomson
1871
Boat Crew, Yangtse River, China

Albumen print, from collodion negative
Private collection
Remarkably, Thomson took this picture with his camera set up on the boat's deck, while the vessel was in motion down the river. (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)
 
LL/31343