In 1843, Anna Atkins created the first book illustrated with photography. It took over a century for her pioneering work to be recognized.
Anna Atkins
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The First Woman Photographer Captured the Elegance of Algae
Algae is graceful and light in the ocean, swaying with the waves like hair in the wind.
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Photography’s Blue Period Gets Its First Major Show in the US
In 1842, British scientist Sir John Herschel experimented with the effect of light on iron compounds, inventing a process to produce the blue-tinted prints we know as cyanotypes.
