To see inside the shells, he layered x-ray film, which exposes interior densities, with cyanotypes. The latter is a camera-free technique of placing objects on salt-treated paper that turns blue ...

Her nineteenth-century cyanotypes used light exposure and a simple chemical ... in her early twenties she completed 256 scientifically accurate drawings of shells, which were published in her father's ...

Surrounded by cyanotypes of the invasive lionfish’s ... but they too slowly melt into a soup of beads and shells that recalls the African oral religious practices adapted and hidden in ...

John Frederick William Herschel was a man of many talents. Born in England during the late 18th century, he was an accomplished mathematician, chemist, and inventor. He created the Julian Day ...

In artist Mandy Barker’s new book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype imperfections, she uses the same technique as the botanist and pioneering photographer Anna Atkins to draw attention to ...

Not that it’s the kind of thing that pops into your head often, but if you ever do think of a cyanotype print, it probably doesn’t conjure up thoughts of modern technology. For good reason ...

Dive into the world of cyanotypes with a hands-on workshop where you’ll explore experimental techniques to create your own unique artworks. We'll draw inspiration from a close looking exercise with an ...

Students in this workshop will get hands-on experience with cyanotype printing. This alternative, chemical photographic process uses UV light exposure to develop characteristically blue images. We ...

Using cyanotypes for both illustrations and text ... and completed 256 scientifically accurate illustrations of shells. These were published in the English translation of Jean Baptiste de Lamarck ...

The Vermont Supreme Court Gallery is awash in blue. Deep Prussian blue flows, crystallizes, swirls and pools in cyanotype images — silk panels from Lake Champlain at Perkins Pier the day after the ...