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Anna Atkins, Algae, cyanotype, 1843, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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 Cyanotype (noun) Blue photographic prints made with light-sensitive iron salts.  The process reproduces items placed directly on the paper. The simple and low cost cyanotype process, invented by the renowned English scientist Sir John Frederick William Herschel, was often used … Continue reading