Cyanotype

The first photographically illustrated book in history was this self-published volume of cyanotype images of Bristish seaweed specimens by Anna Akins in 1843. It was pretty nifty seeing it in person at the New York Library.

[Bill Davidson]

A fascinating process

[Rob Z]

That must have been so interesting to see - and I love the example they chose to show on the open page.

[Kartia]

Wow very interesting.

[Harry J Benson]

WOW

[Corinne C]

So cool!

[Rick Schies]

I bet that was interesting