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Good day to you all! My name is Anna Atkins. I am a British photographer best known for my cyanotypes, or blueprints, of the species of algae in the British Isles. I was the first person of either gender to use cyanotypes to create a long-term scientific study of the natural world. My father was a scientist and I helped him by creating drawings for some of his works such as his translation of Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de Lamarck's Genera of Shells. Well, I must be going, as I have much work to do between housekeeping and my photography. Farewell!

Monday, March 14, 2011

Artifact #1

A cyanotype of Ceylon from my book British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions.


"Ceylon." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 14 Mar 2011. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_Atkins_(1799-1871)_Ceylon,1850_SFMOMA.jpg>.
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  1. Dame Nellie MelbaApril 18, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    I'm simply astonished! Not only is the picture a form of research but it is also an intriguing photo/ piece of art! The leaves make a pattern that makes the photo very architecturally interesting! There are so many lines of symmetry and the leaves on the branches are so proportionally balanced! Just remarkable!

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