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Lauren Lakeberg

Alternative Process Photographer
Cyanotypes | Botanical Prints

Cyanotypes are photographic process that produces a "blue print" when you combine potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate with water in equal parts. This emulsion is then applied to a water absorbent surface (paper or fabric). Once the surface is dry, it can be exposed by the sun or by a UV light.

Cyanotypes
are Sun Prints

The process was discovered by the scientist and astronomer Sir John Herschel in 1842.