When was the camera introduced to China?

The earliest camera was brought to China in 1846 by a Frenchman, Jules Ityr, who worked in China Customs (1843- 1846). The first western photojournalist who paid attention to China City and was regarded as the first to visit China was Felize? 6? 1A。 Bito. He was born in Venice and later became a British citizen. During the period of 1860, he traveled to China as a photojournalist, reported the main events in the late period of the Second Opium War between Britain and France, and recorded that the Royal Summer Palace near Beijing was destroyed and Tianjin was occupied.

American photographer John? 6? 1 Thomson was also the first photographer to spread the pictures of China people's daily life to the west, and gained a lot. From 1873 to 1874, Thomson published a book, Illustrated China and its People, with 200 offset photos and explanatory text, which is the result of his hard work in the past five years. He has traveled all over the mainland, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province. In addition to portraits and scenes, there are many secular life scenes, which have played a positive role in cultural exchanges between the East and the West.