The first photo book maker ever? Anna Atkins was a 19th-century botanist turned photographer who used photographic techniques to record plant specimens. She was an avid amateur botanist who collected samples from around the world. She used photography as a new way to preserve those botanical samples and share them with others. Her publication "British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions" was one of the first uses of light-sensitive materials to illustrate a book. Swipe to see six other cyanotypes that were all made in 1854 and part of an album Anna Atkins made as a gift to her collaborator Anne Dixon. #GettyMuseum #Photography #NaturePhotographyDay #ArtHistory #Cyanotype #Art