Sunprint Notecards: The Cyanotypes of Anna Atkins

$16.95 at The Getty Museum.

Hailed as the first female photographer (and first to publish a book of photographs), Victorian botanist Anna Atkins made stunning cyanotypes, or blueprints, of hundreds of different plants. This box of notecards presents twelve of her contact photograms - of algae, ferns and irises - in rich hues and stunning detail. Matching envelopes are printed on the inside with cyanotype images of the handwritten pages of Atkins' books. Visit the Collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum, at Getty.edu, to learn more about…