Born in 1799, Atkins was the first person to illustrate a book with photographs. Her cyanotypes - of ferns, algae, parrot feathers, seaweed - are exquisite.
The Gibson family of the Scilly Isles photographed shipwrecks for four generations in the C19th and C20th - an extraordinary archive that is now held at the National Maritime Museum in Green... read more
Gabriel Cromer (1873-1934) was a French photographer who assembled a remarkable collection that ranges from photography's beginnings to c.1890. This collection never found a permanent home o... read more