21”x16” or 42”x32” or 65”x48” fine art print on Hahnemuhle rag paper. Edition of 15, 10 or 5.

Farlowia mollis at play with its shadow self, made as a cyanotype diptych print in my own back yard. I began making cyanotypes of my marine algae specimens as an homage to Anna Atkins who I started researching back in 2009 for my book Beach: A Book of Treasure. She was a hero to me as a polymath, a Victorian woman schooled in the sciences of the day, including chemistry, to master the nascent cyanotype techniques. She was a superb draughtsman, a naturalist and she created the first photographically reproduced book titled: British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions in 1843, to illustrate the recent publication on British algae by William Henry Harvey which to Atkins’ frustration had no illustrations at first release.