Plocamium coccineum.

Creator

British Photographer · 1799–1871

Trained as a botanist, Anna Atkins developed an interest in photography as a means of recording botanical specimens for a scientific reference book, *British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions.* This publication was one of the first uses of light-sensitive materials to illustrate a book. Instead of traditional letterpress printing, the book's handwritten text and illustrations were created by the cyanot