Anne Atkins Cyanotypes

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Making a cyanotype for the first time was a fun experience. A cyanotype is blueprint (literally) that makes a silhouette of the object. It was an early kind of photograph that was created by John Herschel (Stulik, 4). As I learned the process of making the cyanotype and made two prints myself, I noticed that it is similar as taking a picture with a camera when it comes to their uses and processes Both the cyanotype and pictures are used to make a copy or visual representation of an object. It can be for documentation for academics or aesthetic reasons and can be shared with people. Anne Atkins is well known for her books of cyanotypes that contains plants for her botany studies (Stulik,5). I wouldn’t be surprise if there are cyanotypes of plants for aesthetics. When searching cyanotypes on Google, there are some that are places, things, and people. For us, we take picture of almost everything. Pictures are still used for documenting for academic purposes, but it is more for aesthetics and popularity due to social media. …show more content…

As I pick the plants that I like, I had to position the plants on the paper and try to make show it fits and looks nice. I also had to make sure that the plants doesn’t move. With a camera, it’s the opposite.. I have to position myself to get the right angle of the object and not move to make sure the image won’t look shaky and blurry. The good thing about a phone camera is that I don’t have to worry about wasting materials if I mess up on taking the picture. Cyanotypes and polaroid cameras on the other hand, I would waste papers and films if I mess

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