Terry Bennett

Terry Bennett is a London-based expert on the history of photography in east and Southeast Asia, as well as collector of early photographs from Asia. 

He has published numerous books and articles, particularly in relation to photographers active in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore and Siam in the late 19th century.

In addition to his own website, Terry Bennett is developing his online Collection of Early Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos Photographs on the platform Photographic Collections Network.

Publications

• Early Japanese Images, Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 1996, 168 p. ISBN   
  9780804820295.
• Korea Caught in Time, Garnet Publishing, 1997, 144 p. [several reprints].
• [as editor] Japan and The Illustrated London News: Complete Record of Reported Events 1853 – 1899, Brill, 2004, 394 p.; repr. 2006. ISBN  
  9781901903263.
• Photography in Japan 1853 – 1912, Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2006.
• Old Japanese Photographs: Collectors’ Data Guide, London: Quaritch, 2006.
• History of Photography in China 1842 – 1860, London: Quaritch, 2009.
• “Pierre Joseph Rossier — Pioneer Photographer in East Asia”, communication at the International Conference on Research of Old Japanese Photographs and International Exchange Depicted in Old Photographs, 16 – 17 Nov. 2007, Nagasaki University, Japan, 2009.
• [with Catherine Crowston] Koshashin: The Hall Collection of 19th Century Photographs of Japan, Art Gallery of Alberta, 2009. ISBN 9780889501515.
• History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861 – 1879, London: Quaritch, 2010.
• [as editor] Japan and The Graphic: A Complete Record of Events-1870 – 1899, Brill, 2011, 404 p. ISBN 9781906876517.
• History of Photography in China: Chinese Photographers 1844 – 1879, London: Quaritch, 2013.
• Early Photography in Vietnam, London, Renaissance Books, 2020, 416 p. ISBN 9781912961047. | VN Buổi Đầu Nhiếp Ảnh Việt Nam, trsl. by Duong Manh Hung, Phương Nam Books, 2021, 501 p. ASIN B0DM4QWSG4.