{"product_id":"taschen-anna-atkins-cyanotypes","title":"Anna Atkins. Cyanotypes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/Taschen_Logo_black_f2euvp.png?v=1774562533\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first woman to use the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efledgling medium of photography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for scientific purposes, Anna Atkins captured the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edelicacy of algae and ferns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in her albums, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epioneering examples of photographic practice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in their own right. For the first time, this edition reprints her works \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBritish Algae\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in their entirety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA female pioneer of early photography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA complete overview of Anna Atkin's photographic oeuvre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eAt the dawn of the Victorian era in her open-air laboratory in Halstead, Kent,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Atkins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eembarked on a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eradical experiment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto document botanical species using a completely\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enew artistic medium\u003c\/strong\u003e. The inimitable cyanotype photograms of algae and ferns she created were made into the first books to feature photographic images.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStriking yet ethereal\u003c\/strong\u003e, these albums are a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eperfect synthesis of art and science\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the cyanotype technique was discovered by her friend John Herschel, Atkins was the first to realize both its\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epractical purpose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor her own interests in botany and taxonomy, and its\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eintriguing artistic potential\u003c\/strong\u003e. The process, which involved fixing the object on sensitized paper and exposing it directly to sunlight, results in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrussian blue pigment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat forms the unmistakeable backdrop to these artworks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtkins’ albums\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBritish Algae\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1843–1853) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1853), the latter of which was produced with her friend Anne Dixon, are works of remarkable rarity. Reprinted here in their entirety for the first time, they reveal her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emastery of multiple disciplines\u003c\/strong\u003e: While the cyanotype process allowed Atkins to meet the challenges of accurate representation, the delicate contours of the specimens, set above the intense blue background, has lent the images a timeless aesthetic appeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eedition\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawing extensively from the copies of the New York Public Library and J. Paul Getty Museum, has\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecarefully compiled cyanotypes from several sources\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto reprint Atkins’ seminal works in full.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOver 550 cyanotype impressions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare accompanied by a series of introductory essays from Peter Walther, placing Atkins’ work in its scientific and art-historical contexts and paying rightful tribute to the groundbreaking contributions of a female pioneer.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Walther\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ehas edited various publications on literary, photographic, and contemporary historical themes, including books on Goethe, Fontane, Thomas Mann, Hans Fallada, and writers in the First World War, as well as several illustrated books with historical color photographs. He is the author of the TASCHEN publications\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First World War in Colour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2014),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Deal Photography. USA 1935–1943\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2016) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnna Atkins. Cyanotypes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eAnna Atkins. 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