ANNA ATKINS: CYANOTYPES (TASCHEN 45TH) (HB)

At the dawn of the Victorian era, in her open-air laboratory in Kent, Anna Atkins embarked on a radical experiment to document botanical species using a completely new artistic medium. The cyanotype photograms of algae and ferns she created were made into the first books to feature photographic images. Striking yet ethereal, they are a perfect synthesis of art and science. This edition reprints Atkins’ seminal works and pays rightful tribute to a woman pioneer.