Anna Atkins Cyanotypes

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Out of many early photographic processes, I select the Anna Atkins Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1843 Cyanotype. I select this process because the color of this picture is very different to the others in the lecture making this photography stand out and get my attention. While I was doing my researches, I found out that the process to make this picture is not complicated, does not require a lot of materials, and needs a negative image which reminds me of the class activity that we did the first day of class. To create a cyanotype photography according to the Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843) article “the cyanotype is a process that produced images through a so-called sun-printing. The object is placed

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