Blue prints: photography pioneer Anna Atkins’s hand-crafted images – in pictures

Date: June 24, 2017Author: Julian Worker 0 Comments

Victorian botanist Anna Atkins brought nature to life with her striking, modern-looking cyanotypes of seaweed and algae

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Blue prints: photography pioneer Anna Atkins’s hand-crafted images – in pictures

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