En hommage à
Anna Atkins
Anna Atkins was a famous female photographer that focused on studying herbaria. Science was not the best choice for women at that time, so she chose botany. Later on, Atkins published the book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions that is considered to be the first photo book in the history of this medium. She used the technique called cyanotype that is based on chemicals producing Prussian blue colour. I took photographs of the UV light box and created various structures in 3D space. In this way I decided to modify and alter the everyday reality. The story of Atkins and this technique inspired me to such an extent that I decided to pay a tribute to her and this technique as I consider Atkins a key figure in the field of feminism and gender equality.
Digital photography printed on paper, various formats, Poliklinika Karlova Ves, Bratislava, SK