The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs
Written and illustrated by Fiona Robinson
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Written and illustrated by Fiona Robinson
Hardcover edition
Publisher Abrams Imprint Abrams ISBN9781419725517
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs
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As a child, Anna loved to collect plants and insects with her scientist father. As an adult, she became a botanist, and in 1843, published the first book of photographs—cyanotype prints of her vast seaweed collection.
Author’s note. Instructions for making cyanotypes. Bibliography. List of institutions holding Anna Atkins’s cyanotypes. Full-color mixed-media illustrations composed of pencil drawings, watercolor paintings, vintage fabrics and wallpapers, wood veneers, photographs, and reproductions of Anna Atkins’s cyanotypes.
Author’s note. Instructions for making cyanotypes. Bibliography. List of institutions holding Anna Atkins’s cyanotypes. Full-color mixed-media illustrations composed of pencil drawings, watercolor paintings, vintage fabrics and wallpapers, wood veneers, photographs, and reproductions of Anna Atkins’s cyanotypes.
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