PaperBlanks: Sea Flowers (Anna Atkins’ Cyanotypes)

Anna Atkins (1799–1871) was an English botanist and photographer who was the first person ever to publish a photography book. Reproduced here is a page from Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, set atop the single-page introduction from Atkins’ work detailing a fascinating insight into her motives and methods.