Anna Atkins: England's Blue Lady of Photography

Anna Atkins: England's Blue Lady of Photography

In this episode, a brief biography of Anna Atkins, the first female photographer and the first person to create a photography-based book. She learned photography from some of its inventors and went on to become a master of the cyanotype print.



New York Public Library copy of "British Algae" by Anna Atkins:

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/photographs-of-british-algae-cyanotype-impressions#/?tab=about&scroll=6



The 19th-Century Botanist Who Changed the Course of Photography, by Alina Cohen on Artsy:

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-19th-century-botanist-changed-course-photography



New York Public Library:

http://seeing.nypl.org/235bt.html



Other Sources:

https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000004852

https://web.archive.org/web/20051222071833/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/atkins_anna.shtml

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/23/blooming-marvellous-the-worlds-first-female-photographer-and-her-botanical-beauties#maincontent

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1507/anna-atkins-british-1799-1871/



My main website:

https://keithdotson.com/



See some of my cyanotype prints here:

https://icatchshadows.com/sunny-days-are-perfect-for-making-cyanotypes/