--- product_id: 115187102 title: "Blue Prints: The Natural World In Cyanotype Photos" price: "60240CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/115187102-blue-prints-the-natural-world-in-cyanotype-photos store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Botanical & natural world focus Striking Prussian blue photograms 19th-century cyanotype process revival Blue Prints: The Natural World In Cyanotype Photos **Price:** 60240CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📘 Dive into the blue—where vintage meets visionary in nature’s blueprint! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Blue Prints: The Natural World In Cyanotype Photos - **How much does it cost?** 60240CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/115187102-blue-prints-the-natural-world-in-cyanotype-photos) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Timeless Cyanotype Artistry:** Experience the rare 19th-century photographic technique that transforms nature into vivid blueprints. - • **A Visual Homage to Anna Atkins:** Celebrate the pioneering botanist who created the first photographic book with over 400 cyanotype prints. - • **Elevate Your Coffee Table & Curiosity:** A conversation-starting gift that blends art, science, and history for millennial professionals who crave unique cultural capital. - • **Nature’s Intricate Details Captured:** From butterflies to shells, each image reveals the delicate beauty of the natural world in stunning contrast. - • **Collector’s Edition for Photography Aficionados:** A lushly illustrated, charmingly packaged book perfect for connoisseurs of fine art and historical photography. ## Overview Blue Prints: The Natural World In Cyanotype Photos is a beautifully illustrated book showcasing Zeva Oelbaum’s modern revival of the 19th-century cyanotype photographic process pioneered by botanist Anna Atkins. Featuring striking blue photograms of plants and animals, this collectible volume blends art, history, and nature, making it a must-have for photography enthusiasts and nature lovers alike. ## Description The cyanotype print is a visually arresting printing method whose small fame dates back to the pioneering nineteenth-century botanist Anna Atkins. Photographer Zeva Oelbaum revisits the beauty of the natural world, and pays homage to this botanist and this little-used and compelling process in Blue Prints: The Natural World in Cyanotype Photographs. This lushly illustrated book features captivating flower and animal images produced with a process that dates back to the birth of photography, but in a new light; butterflies, leaves, flowering plants, birds' nests, shells, and more are all seen in vibrant and striking contrast. Charmingly packaged, Blue Prints is an artistic revitalization of an important and unique printing process, and is the perfect gift book for photography and nature devotees. Review: Beautiful photographs in a nearly forgotten format - Zeva Oelbaum's cyanotype botanicals (blue photographic prints) create an unexpected, otherworldly effect. Zeva's own words (further below, from the introduction), capture the scientific, photographic properties of cyanotype, but there is a romantic mood created by the simplicity of color and shape of these contemporary images from an antique and nearly-forgotten 19th-century process. About her own work with blue print photography, Oelbaum writes: "I became fascinated by the cyanotype process when I learned that it holds an important, if unrecognized, place in the history of photography. In 1843, British botanist Anna Atkins (1799-1871) published a landmark volume of over four hundred cyanotypes entitled British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions. This book was the first to be illustrated entirely with photographs. To make the prints, Atkins placed the algae specimens on paper coated with iron salts, then exposed it to sunlight. When she washed the print in water, the outcome was a white specimen outlined on a prussian blue background. Images created in this manner came to be known as blue prints. In this way she created photograms, or 'shadowgraphs' as she called them, of each original plant." The book is a striking example of the multitude of shapes and forms that nature provides, if we only know how to look. For more information on "Blue Prints," visit BellemeadeBooks(dot)blogspot(dot)com and search for "cyanotype." Review: Excellent book - As digital imaging takes over photography, large format, fine art photography using historical techniques such as cyanotype will become very rare and hopefully valuable. I purchased several 8x10 large format cameras for use with making cyanotype prints. Sure, I love my Nikon D200 and plan to get a D700 as well, but I don't believe digital images will create fine art photographic art that will appreciate in value compared to large format film images. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #7,511,762 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4,087 in Plant & Animal Photography #9,968 in Photography History | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 7 Reviews | ## Images ![Blue Prints: The Natural World In Cyanotype Photos - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51JB0MKEQZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful photographs in a nearly forgotten format *by M***G on June 17, 2009* Zeva Oelbaum's cyanotype botanicals (blue photographic prints) create an unexpected, otherworldly effect. Zeva's own words (further below, from the introduction), capture the scientific, photographic properties of cyanotype, but there is a romantic mood created by the simplicity of color and shape of these contemporary images from an antique and nearly-forgotten 19th-century process. About her own work with blue print photography, Oelbaum writes: "I became fascinated by the cyanotype process when I learned that it holds an important, if unrecognized, place in the history of photography. In 1843, British botanist Anna Atkins (1799-1871) published a landmark volume of over four hundred cyanotypes entitled British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions. This book was the first to be illustrated entirely with photographs. To make the prints, Atkins placed the algae specimens on paper coated with iron salts, then exposed it to sunlight. When she washed the print in water, the outcome was a white specimen outlined on a prussian blue background. Images created in this manner came to be known as blue prints. In this way she created photograms, or 'shadowgraphs' as she called them, of each original plant." The book is a striking example of the multitude of shapes and forms that nature provides, if we only know how to look. For more information on "Blue Prints," visit BellemeadeBooks(dot)blogspot(dot)com and search for "cyanotype." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book *by O***E on January 2, 2009* As digital imaging takes over photography, large format, fine art photography using historical techniques such as cyanotype will become very rare and hopefully valuable. I purchased several 8x10 large format cameras for use with making cyanotype prints. Sure, I love my Nikon D200 and plan to get a D700 as well, but I don't believe digital images will create fine art photographic art that will appreciate in value compared to large format film images. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a beautiful book! *by M***E on April 19, 2009* I was lucky enough to stumble upon this gem in a discount store, amongst all the other boring coffee table artbooks. The pictures are absolutely stunning and inspiring. It's sad that photographic processes like this are falling by the wayside. If you love blue and photography, then get this book. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/115187102-blue-prints-the-natural-world-in-cyanotype-photos](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/115187102-blue-prints-the-natural-world-in-cyanotype-photos) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-09-23*