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A gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins – the first person to ever publish a book of photography.
Fascinated with the plant life around her, Anna became a botanist and recorded all her findings in detailed illustrations and engravings, until the invention of cyanotype photography in 1842.
Anna used this new technology in order to catalogue plant specimens—a true marriage of science and art. In 1843, she published the book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions with handwritten text and cyanotype photographs considered to be the first book of photographs ever published.
Weaving together histories of women, science, and art, The Bluest of Blues will inspire young readers to embark on their own journeys of discovery and creativity.
Hardback 48 pages
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