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John Thomson — Sufferers from the Floods
John Thomson

Sufferers from the Floods

1877

Social documentary photography employs the woodburytype process to create this haunting image of human suffering, demonstrating the medium's power to inspire social consciousness and reform.

Medium
woodburytype

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John Thomson, Sufferers from the Floods, 1877

Social documentary photography employs the woodburytype process to create this haunting image of human suffering, demonstrating the medium's power to inspire social consciousness and reform.

Medium
woodburytype
Year
1877
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Documentary, Scottish, Historical, Woodburytype, Disaster, Photojournalism, Human Suffering, Social

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art