Cyanotype

Cyanotype is an alternative photographic process and is one of the oldest photographic printing processes in the history of photography. Light sensitive chemicals are applied to paper and an image becomes exposed through UV light such as the sun. Images placed on the surface can range from plants, objects, digital and analogue film negatives. After exposure, the exposed surface is developed with water and a blue and white image appears. Cyanotypes were first introduced by the astronomer, scientist, and botanist John Herschel in 1842. In his endeavour to find a way of reproducing his notes and drawings, he discovered the cyanotype process. Although Herschel had discovered the process, it was the botanist Anna Atkins who first used the cyanotype to create a photographic album of algae specimens in 1843. She began to make photogram prints by laying her specimens directly upon photosensitive paper. After a decade, she eventually produced three volumes of her book: 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions', the first book to be photographically printed and illustrated. Her detailed cyanotypes of her specimens led her to be considered the first female photographer.

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