The English illustrator Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was in every
respect a modern woman. For the publication of her plant
collections she used the latest technology, the recently invented
cyanotype. In 1843 she used the process to create the first photo
book in history, with images of breathtaking beauty and originality
which often look like modern art. At first Anna Atkins worked for
and with her father, the zoologist John George Children; later she
chose the objects for her scientific compositions herself: algae
and ferns. Atkins placed them on light-sensitive paper that turned
dark blue in water after being developed, with the exception of the
places that had been covered by the plants. Initially alone, and
then with her friend Anne Dixon, she produced well over 10,000
copies of her photograms and assembled them in several books like
albums. Today these rare copies are regarded as treasures and are
preserved in museums and libraries.
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