Amateur Photographer | 25th August 2018
GET THE BLUES
While many photographers make decisions about which lens, aperture or shutter speed is required to capture a moment of creativity, my photographic images are made without using a camera, and use the traditional cyanotype formula that was invented in 1842. The British botanist Anna Atkins, who has been described as the first woman to produce a photographic book, used the process to illustrate specimens of algae in Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions in 1843, while famous artists such as Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy rediscovered photograms during the avant-garde movements of the early 20th century. This week Angela Chalmers reveals how working with the historic cyanotype process can generate really eye-catching images.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Amateur Photographer 25th August 2018.