Anna Atkins

Title: Cyantype photogram

Artist: Anna Atkins

Medium: cyantype photograms

Year: 1850



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

I chose to write my report on Anna because she is a women and I feel that it would have been harder for a women to have been taken seriously in a man environment .Anna’s maiden name was Children, she was born on March 16, 1799 and died on June 9, 1871.Anna’s father taught her to be independent because he had to raise her, because her mother died before she was 1 year due to complications of child birth. Anna studied botany she had a great love for plants. Anna married in 1825 to John Atkins and he helped her to travel and see the world and with doing this it helped her to develop her love for photography. Anna combined both her love of botany and photography by developing the cyantype photograms. Anna published a book illustrating photographic images some people say she was the first person to create a photograph. 1850 Anna produced three presentations album of cyantype photograms.





Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

I feel that she was inspiring to all women and young girls to go after your dreams and to not be afraid to experiment with new ideas. Anna had a rough start in life by having her mother die at such a young age .The pictures them self were so new and innovative . Most People would have taken photo’s of family members or places that they had traveled to, but she chose to take them of plants.







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