Delesseria sinuosa
1843-1853
Imagine placing a piece of seaweed on paper and letting the sun do the drawing—that's exactly what Anna Atkins did here. This deep blue image is a cyanotype, an early photographic process where sunlight turns the paper blue, leaving the object's shadow in stark white. Created around 1843, this piece is part of her book 'Photographs of British Algae,' which is famously the first book ever to use photographic illustrations. Atkins wasn't just making art; she was a scientist documenting marine biology in a way no one had ever seen before.
- Technique
- Cyanotype
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