Friday, June 23, 2017

The First Female Photographer - And Her Exquisite Botanical Images

Born in 1799 in Kent, south of London, Anna Atkins "made her most significant contribution across 10 years in the mid-19th century in which she created at least 10,000 images by hand. But it was what she did with those pictures that gave her a place in art history. ... She created the first book to contain photographs."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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