Thursday, September 3, 2009

Anna Atkins - Algae Cyanotype



This is an Anna Atkins cyanotype photogram of a british algae (seaweed), it shows all the stages of its life.
It must have been done for scientific purposes to study the plants life and development.
I like the mixture of the blue effect that represents the ocean with the algae that grows in the sea.
i would prefer if this picture was made with actual colors so it shows all the details of this plant and how it really looks.

1 comment:

  1. Very good start for the critiques.

    However, you say:"i would prefer if this picture was made with actual colors so it shows all the details of this plant and how it really looks."

    We are critiquing an image & a specific process - the reference to ideals that a process is incapable of seems out of place and can't really be a critique element, more of an incidental personal preference.

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