Anna Atkins, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy & Christian Sachad
Anna Atkins was an English botanist and known to be one of the first female photographers. She was known for collecting dried plants which were used as cyanotypes/photograms later in her work. Her most famous work was her collection of "British Algae" made between 1843 and 1853.
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Some examples of Atkins' work:
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter and photographer born in 1895. It was not until Moholy-Nagy was 23 that he embarked on his career as an artist. His early work was much influenced and headed towards the expressionism style.
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Some examples of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's work:
Christian Sachad was a German painter born in 1894. He was influenced by Cubism and Futurism in his artwork. Sachad was also known for his photograms in which he began experimenting with in 1918. He would make prints using photosensitive paper and then expose to sunlight; he often used random objects such as train tickets, receipts and material.
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Some examples of Sachad's work: