Wednesday, April 1, 2015

A is for Anna Atkins



Anna Atkins 
(1799 - 1871)

Ms, Atkins was a botanist and is considered the first female photographer.  She is thought to be the first to publish a book using photograms as illustrations, a type of image created using light and special paper. 

The images are also quite beautiful.  



#AtoZChallenge

7 comments:

  1. Very interesting! I'd never heard of her either but the image you posted is cool.

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  2. The image is beautiful! I love your theme for the challenge.

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  3. This is such a great theme for the A-to-Z Challenge! As a female biologist myself, Anna Atkins is certainly inspirational. Nice post :)

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  4. I love all the effort at cataloguing the incredible contributions women have made to science (among other things, of course!) over the years. Great post!

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    1. It's nice to see ladies making such contributions back in a time when women didn't usually get the educational opportunities that men did.

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  5. I've never heard of a photogram before. It truly is lovely. Interesting choice for A! Happy a-zing...
    Michele at Angels Bark

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  6. I've never heard of a photogram before. It truly is lovely. Interesting choice for A! Happy a-zing...
    Michele at Angels Bark

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