Anna Atkins Cyanotypes. - Peter Walther, Taschen GmbH

The first woman to use the fledgling medium of photography for scientific purposes, Anna Atkins captured the delicacy of algae and ferns in her albums,&amp,nbsp,pioneering examples of photographic practice in their own right. This edition reprints her groundbreaking works British Algae and Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns.