The 226th Anna Atkins Birthday Exhibition
To honor Anna Atkins‘ pioneering contributions at the intersection of art, science, and education, the Griffin Museum of Photography and LENSCRATCH Fine Art Photography Daily have co-organized an online exhibition, inviting artists worldwide to showcase their finest cyanotype works in celebration of her enduring legacy. Rooted in Atkins’ fascination with botany and the natural world, this exhibition reflects her era-defining spirit of inquiry and deep curiosity for nature.
The works selected for The 226th Anna Atkins Birthday exhibition pay homage to Atkins’ botanical studies and her artistic exploration of the natural world, focusing mostly on contemporary botanical works and works concerned with aquatic environments.
Due to an overwhelming response — nearly 700 submissions — three additional accompanying exhibitions were curated form the original submission pool, showcasing the great diversity in subject matter of this years call for entry.
• Expanded Cyanotypes: New Directions in Cyanotype Making
• Cyanotype Currents: Contemporary Abstractions in Camera-less Photography
• Blue Outtakes: A Cyanotype Collection.
In addition, we are thrilled to bring part of this exhibition in person to our satellite gallery in Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA. Elemental Blues: Contemporary Cyanotypes, surveying the works of Upstate New York and New England-based artists: Anna Leigh Clem, Brett Windham, Bryan Whitney, Julia Whitney Barnes, Sally Chapman and Cynthia Katz.
Congratulations to the selected artists and thank you to everyone who submitted.
We hope you enjoy looking at these selections as much as we did looking at them.
