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Anna Atkins
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Anna Atkins was a botanist, and one of the earliest woman photographers. In 1841 she came into contact with Fox Talbot, one of her father's friends. In October 1843 Anna Atkins became the first person to print and publish a book, photographically illustrated with 424 pictures.
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Anna Atkins produced the first photographically illustrated book and is recognised as the first female photographer, with her three-volume British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions appearing in instalments from 1843. Atkins used the Cyanotype process which had been invented in 1842 by Fox Talbot’s associate Sir John Herschel.
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A biography of the artist Anna Atkins from the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. Trained as a botanist, Anna Atkins developed an interest in photography as a means of recording botanical specimens for a scientific reference book, British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions.
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Anna Atkins Anna Atkins’s interest in photography developed from her original career as a botanist. She learned the trade from correspondence with inventor, William Henry Fox Talbot and although she owned a camera, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Anna Atkins, Aspidium Achrosticoides (America),
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Biography- Anna Atkins was born in 1799 and deceased in 1871. Anna was raised by her father after her mother’s death. Challenges due to discrimination- Anna Atkins faced discrimination during her life. It took her a while for people to publish or even look at her pictures.
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The first period of “photogram” exploration was to gain scientific record of natural objects (e.g. Anna Atkins). We owe a great deal to Anna Atkins (1799-1871). Anna, the only child of John George Children (1777-1852), was born in Tonbridge, Kent.
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Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was a marine botanist and photographer who produced a collection of cyanotypes called Photographs of British Algae: cyanotype impressions.
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Ocean Flowers: Anna Atkins's Cyanotypes of British Algae Schaaf, Larry and Hans Kraus, Jr. Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms by Anna Atkins. (c1985)
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Anna Atkins Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions 1843/1844 View Full Catalog Record Below...
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