English botanical artist, collector and photographer Anna Atkins was the first person to illustrate a book with photographic images. Her nineteenth-century cyanotypes used light exposure and a simple ...

In 1842, Anna Atkins, a 43-year-old amateur botanist from Kent, England, began experimenting with a brand-new photographic process called cyanotype or blueprint. With the utmost care and under minimal ...

In artist Mandy Barker's new book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype imperfections , she uses the same technique as the botanist and pioneering photographer Anna Atkins to draw attention to the ...

In 1842, Anna Atkins, a 43-year-old amateur botanist from Kent, England, began experimenting with a brand-new photographic process called cyanotype or blue-print. Amid cuts to federal funding, US ...