John Thomson (14 Juni 1837 – 29 September 1921) adalah seorang pelopor fotografer, geografer dan penjelajah Skotlandia. Ia adalah salah satu fotografer pertama yang menjelajahi Timur Jauh, mendokumentasikan masyarakat, landskap dan artefak budaya-budaya ketimuran.

• China Through the Lens of John Thomson 1868 -1872, River Books 2010.
• The antiquities of Cambodia, 1867
• Views on the North River, 1870.
• Foochow and the River Min, 1873.
• Illustrations of China and its people, 1873-1874
• Street life in London, 1878
• Through Cyprus with a camera in the autumn of 1878, 1879
• Through China with a Camera,^[1] 1898

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  Ukiran dari Kuil Angkor Wat, 1866
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  sekitar 1868-1871
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  Pangeran Kung, 1872
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  1876-1877
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  1871

• Wilhelm J. Burger

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai John Thomson (photographer).

• The photographs of John Thomson Diarsipkan 2020-09-09 di Wayback Machine. at National Library of Scotland
• Photographs at The Victoria & Albert Museum
• Biography and photographs from the Wellcome Library Diarsipkan 2014-05-19 di Wayback Machine.
• Photographs from an exhibition, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
• Street Life in London photographs and downloadable version of the book available through the LSE Digital Library