Topic: happy birthday, "mother" of cyanotype

[jojonas~]

it's fun when google has something photographer related to their daily search image, right?

this time, it was for Anna Atkins


Anna Atkins (née Children; 16 March 1799 – 9 June 1871) was an English botanist and photographer.
She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images.
Some sources claim that she was the first woman to create a photograph.



Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions

A cyanotype photogram made by Atkins which was part of her 1843 book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions
Sir John Herschel, a friend of Atkins and Children, invented the cyanotype photographic process in 1842. Within a year, Atkins applied the process to algae (specifically, seaweed) by making cyanotype photograms that were contact printed "by placing the unmounted dried-algae original directly on the cyanotype paper."

Atkins self-published her photograms in the first installment of Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions in October 1843. Although privately published, with a limited number of copies, and with handwritten text, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions is considered the first book illustrated with photographic images.



_{source: wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Atkins}

[Photo_Utopia]

Beautiful, thanks for posting.