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    MICHAEL WOOD ON…

    Oct 28, 2021 3 minutes
    “We should salute a towering figure in the history of photography”

    Michael Wood is professor of public history at the University of Manchester. He has presented numerous BBC series, and his books include The Story of China (Simon & Schuster, 2021). His Twitter handle is @mayavision BBC

    Photography has changed our world. And this autumn sees the hundredth anniversary of the death of perhaps the greatest photographer: John Thomson, pioneer of social documentary, and founding father

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