Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography

Image caption: Part of the illustrated book British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions by Anna Atkins, 1841. Image source: Horniman Museum & Gardens, London. Article by Alexandra Karg, BA Art History & Literature. The Collector – updated August 4, 2024 by Elizabeth Berry.

Anna Atkins is considered one of the first-ever female photographers. She was an English botanist and illustrator. In 1841, at the age of 42, she published the first book illustrated exclusively using a photographic process. Anna Atkins learned the technique for this work from the pioneer of photography par excellence, William Henry Fox Talbot. He introduced Atkins to photogenetic drawing in 1839. […]

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