Willoughby Wallace Hooper | |
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| Born | 4 February 1837  Kennington |
| Died | 21 April 1912 (aged 75) Kilmington |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Military photographer |
| Known for | ethnographic photographs of native people in colonial India and Burma |
| Works | The People of India (1868–1875), Burmah: a series of one hundred photographs 1887 |
Willoughby Wallace Hooper (1837 in Kennington, south London – 21 April 1912 in Kilmington near Axminster, England) was an English military officer and photographer, serving for near to forty years in the colonial army in southern India and British-Burma during the second half of the 19th century.
He is known for his photographs of ethnic groups, military and domestic scenes from the 1860s onwards. Among other photographers, he contributed to the ethnographic survey The People of India (8 vols, 1868–75). His photographs of victims of the Madras famine of 1876-8 and of Burmese prisoners facing execution by a firing squad have raised concerns about the ethical behaviour of photographers during his lifetime, as well as later on.[1]
- ^ Howe, Cathleen (2013). "Hooper, Colonel Willoughby Wallace (1837-1912)". In Hannavy, John (ed.). Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography: A-I, index. New York: Routledge. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2.