Terry Bennett, a British writer based in London, has been collecting and researching nineteenth-century Asian photography for over forty years. He has lectured on the subject in the United States, China, Japan, Vietnam, and Europe and has written numerous articles. His books include Early Japanese Images (Tuttle, 1996), Japan: Caught in Time with Hugh Cortazzi (1996), Korea: Caught in Time (1997), The Illustrated London News: Complete Record of the Opening and Modernising of Japan, 1853-1899 (2006), Japan and The Graphic: Complete Record of Reported Events 1870-1899 (2012), Japanese Photographs: Collectors' Data Guide (2006), History of Photography in China (3 Volumes, 2009-2013), and Early Photography in Vietnam (2020).
Bennett crafted this beautiful and educational book from a collection of 350 old and rare images captured by Western photographers. This book offers a glimpse of life in Japan during one of its most dramatic periods in history. --Shutterbug Magazine ...a true picture of photography in Japan, with all of its warts and formats shown in their ebb and flow during the first 60 years after the country came out of its centuries of sleep, and into the modern world...Readers who have a love for old photography in general, and stereo views specifically, will not be disappointed by this new portrait of old Japan. --Rob Oechsle, Stereo World Magazine Impressive overview of the history of Japanese photography between 1853 and 1912...Bennett has been collecting and researching the pioneering years of Japanese photography for 25 years...Essential publication for everyone interested in early Japanese photography. --Society for Japanese Arts Newsletter