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Anna Atkins: First female photographer?

03/21/2023
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Left: Anna Atkins. Middle left: Alaria esculenta. Middle right: Cystoceira granulata. Right: Ferns, specimen of genotype. 

Check out Anna Atkins's cyanotypes! Anna is often credited as the first female photographer, although this is not definitively proven. A family friend of hers, John Herschel, invented the cyanotype method of photography in 1842. Anna then published three volumes of Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions between 1843 and 1853. 

One copy of this book is at the Natural History Museum in London. You can view the original book and flip through its pages on their website.  

It's difficult to say for certain that Anna is the first female photographer. However, her publication has left a lasting impression on botany as a scientific field, and her use of both art and science uniquely captures the beauty of botany.

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Left: John William Polidori. Right: A copy of The Vampyre, for which Lord Byron was falsely given credit. Polidori is now recognized as the author of The Vampyre. 

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