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Anna Atkins
Electric blue: the first photographic book
An invention is only as interesting as its applications. In other words, nice invention, what can you do with it? The 1840s and 50s witnessed an international race to invent a reliable process for capturing photographic images, with all the drama you'd expect from a patent war over revolutionary tech. Henry Talbot, Daguerre, all vying for accolade and ownership. read more