TY - BOOK ID - 78496809 TI - Sun gardens : cyanotypes by Anna Atkins AU - Schaaf, Larry J. AU - Chuang, Joshua AU - Walz, Emily AU - Ware, Mike AU - Atkins, Anna AU - New York Public Library PY - 2018 SN - 9783791357980 3791357980 PB - New York, N.Y. The New York Public Library DB - UniCat KW - Photography KW - Blueprinting KW - Photography, Biological KW - fotografie KW - negentiende eeuw KW - fotografie en wetenschap KW - botanica KW - cyanotypie KW - blauwdruk KW - Groot-Brittannië KW - Atkins Anna KW - 77.071 ATKINS KW - Biological photography KW - Blue-printing KW - Photographic reproduction of plans, drawings, etc. KW - History KW - Scientific applications KW - Printing processes KW - Cyanotype KW - Ferroprussiate KW - Atkins, Anna, KW - Children, Anna, KW - A. A. KW - Exhibitions KW - blueprints [reprographic copies] KW - Atkins, Anna KW - Children, J. G. KW - Dixon, Anne, KW - Talbot, William Henry Fox, KW - Herschel, John F. W. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78496809 AB - Anna Atkins (1799-1871) came of age in Victorian England, a particularly fertile environment for learning and scientific discovery. Guided by her father, a prominent scientist, Atkins was inspired by William Henry Fox Talbot to take up photography and was friends with Sir John Herschel, who invented the cyanotype photographic process in 1842. The next year, Atkins began making cyanotypes in an effort to illustrate and distribute information about her herbarium. The result was 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions', the first book to be illustrated with photographs. A decade later, she and her friend Anne Dixon expanded their visual inquiry to flowering plants, feathers, and other subjects. This volume is a revised and expanded edition of a long out-of-print monograph that first secured Atkins's place in the history of photography. It draws upon years of careful research and sets Atkins and her work in the proper context. Supplementary texts shed new light on her productions and on the cyanotype process, which is still used by artists today. The photographs themselves-ethereal, deeply hued, and wonderfully intricate-are brought to life with exquisite reproductions that are certain to win Atkins a new generation of followers. Exhibition: The New York Public Library, New York, USA (18.10.2018-03.05.2019). ER -