Browsing and thinking of long-ago camera work and people in the frame compared to today, see these albums at the Museum of Photographic Arts:
Japan album (50 pictures), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mopa1/albums/72157631883582807/with/6950790428
KUSAKABE Kimbei (d.1934) album (39 pictures), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mopa1/albums/72157629862241333/
Felice Beato (d1907) & Antonio Beato (d1906) album (12 pictures), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mopa1/albums/72157631883934006/
