Anna Atkins

♀ *1799-1871 / United Kingdom

Works

Solo exhibitions

Blue Prints

The Pioneering Photographs of Anna Atkins

The NY Public Library, New York (US)
19 Oct 2018 – 17 Feb 2019
Cyanotypes

Stills Center Photography, Edinburgh (GB)
25 Apr 2015 – 12 Jul 2015

Group

Science/Fiction – A Non-History of Plants

FOTO WIEN 2025

Foto Arsenal Wien, Wien (AT)
4 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026

with Laure Albin-Guillot, Karl Blossfeldt, Stan Brakhage, Imogen Cunningham, Gohar Dashti, Agnes Denes, Rebekka Deubner, Elspeth Diederix, Sam Falls, Joan Fontcuberta, William Henry Fox Talbot, Stephen Gill …
Life with Photographs

75 Years of the Eastman Museum

George Eastman Museum, Rochester (US)
5 Oct 2024 – 31 Aug 2025

with Linsey Addario, Cory Arcangel, George N. Barnard, Betty Hahn, Abelardo Morell, Ming Smith, Edward Weston
What They Saw

Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
8 Apr 2025 – 11 May 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Emmy Andriesse, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Tina Barney, Martine Barrat, Ruth Bernhard, Eva Besnyoe, Aenne Biermann, Margaret Bourke-White, Sophie Calle …
Science/Fiction

A Non-History of Plants — Une non-histoire des Plantes

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
16 Oct 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

with Laure Albin-Guillot, Karl Blossfeldt, Stan Brakhage, Imogen Cunningham, Gohar Dashti, Agnes Denes, Rebekka Deubner, Elspeth Diederix, Sam Falls, Joan Fontcuberta, Stephen Gill, Horst P. Horst …
TOP Collection: The Resonance of Seeing

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
18 Jul 2024 – 6 Oct 2024

with Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Andre Kertesz, William Klein, Man Ray , Ikko Narahara, Maurice Tabard, Mayumi Terada, CHEN Wei, Minor White, Hiroshi Yamazaki
Photography as Data

Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie (US)
9 Apr 2024 – 15 Sep 2024

with Francis Bedford, Walead Beshty, Jim Dow, Harold E. Edgerton, Andreas Feininger, Francis Frith, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Kenji Nakahashi, Trevor Paglen, Doug Rickard, Hito Steyerl, Stephanie Syjuco
Color as Program

Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonn (DE)
8 Apr 2022 – 7 Aug 2022

with Rosa Barba, Angela Bulloch, Sophie Calle, Willem de Rooij, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Renee Green, Kapwani Kiwanga, Antje Majewski, Hans Op de Beeck, Hito Steyerl
Light as Medium: The TOP Collection

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
2 Mar 2022 – 5 Jun 2022

with Ansel Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Paul Caponigro, Walter Chappell, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Susan Derges, Ei-Q, William Henry Fox Talbot, Emmet Gowin, Andre Kertesz, Man Ray , Laszlo Moholy-Nagy …
AN OVERWHELMING ILLUSION

JPMORGAN CHASE ART COLLECTION

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Claire Adelfang, Aurore Bagarry, Bae Bien-U, Colita, Petra Cortright, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Prince Gyasi, Cig Harvey, Hisai Imai, Richard Learoyd, Ouka Leele, Gosette Lubondo …
Elles x Paris Photo 2021

A circuit dedicated to women photographers

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Jun Ahn, Pilar Albarracin, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Jessica Backhaus, Anne Bean, Maisie Cousins, Arlene Gottfried, Katy Grannan, Hisai Imai, Sarah Anne Johnson, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Annelise Kretschmer …
Enfin seules

Fotografien aus dem Archive of Modern Conflict

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
1 May 2021 – 20 Sep 2021

with Paul Marcellin Berthier, Brassai, Adolphe Braun, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Fay Godwin, Lee Miller, Charles Nègre, Jaroslav Roessler, Willy Ronis, Jose Maria Sert
Collecting Photography

From Daguerreotype to Digital

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
12 Oct 2018 – 4 Sep 2020

with Eugene Atget, Bill Brandt, Marco Breuer, Julia Margaret Cameron, Marcy Cohen, Pierre Cordier, Roger Fenton, William Henry Fox Talbot, Man Ray , Linda McCartney, Nickolas Muray, Eadweard J. Muybridge …
You Are Here

A Brief History of Photography and Place

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (US)
26 Apr 2019 – 28 Jul 2019

with Lola Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Adolphe Braun, John Divola, Peter Henry Emerson, Walker Evans, Gordon Parks, Edward Steichen, Carrie Mae Weems
Women in Photography: A History of British Trailblazers

An in depth historical survey showcasing the achievements of female photographers working in Britain

The Lightbox, Woking (GB)
30 Jan 2019 – 2 Jun 2019

with Emma Barton, Dorothy Bohm, Sonia Boyce, Christina Broom, Julia Margaret Cameron, Hannah Collins, Susan Derges, Suki Dhanda, Olive Edis, Jane England, Anna Fox, Joy Gregory …
Anna Atkins Refracted: Contemporary Works

The NY Public Library, New York (US)
28 Sep 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with Erica Baum, Alison Rossiter, Penelope Umbrico
Back to the Future

The 19th Century in the 21st Century

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
29 Sep 2018 – 2 Dec 2018

with Johan Oesterholm, Sylvia Ballhause, Karl Blossfeldt, BOWNIK, Matthew Brandt, Alan Butler, Warren de la Rue, Wiliam England, Sam Falls, Henry Frères, Pietro Guidi, Spiros Hadjidjanos …
A History of Photography

George Eastman Museum, Rochester (US)
4 May 2018 – 14 Oct 2018

with Julia Margaret Cameron, Andre Adolphe-Eugene Disderi, Laura Gilpin
Back to the Future

The 19th Century in the 21st Century

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
19 Jan 2018 – 28 Mar 2018

with Johan Oesterholm, Sylvia Ballhause, Karl Blossfeldt, BOWNIK, Matthew Brandt, Alfred Brothers, S.W. Burham, Warren de la Rue, Wiliam England, Sam Falls, Henry Frères, Spiros Hadjidjanos …
New Realities

Photography in the Ninenteenth Century

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jun 2017 – 17 Sep 2017

with Thomas Annan, Charles Hippolyte Aubry, George Hendrik Breitner, Julia Margaret Cameron, Peter Henry Emerson, Roger Fenton, William Henry Fox Talbot, Francis Frith, Nicolaas Henneman, Gustave Le Gray, Robert MacPherson, Charles Nègre
The Memory of the Future / La mémoire du futur

Photographic Dialogues between Past, Present and Future / Dialogues photographiques entre passé, présent et futur

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
25 May 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Takashi Arai, Israel Arino, Patrick Bailly-Maitre-Grand, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Martin Becka, Jayne Hinds Bidaut, Mathew B. Brady, Pierre Cordier, Binh Danh, John Dugdale, Dan Estabrook, Joan Fontcuberta …
Pandora's Box: Jan Dibbets on Another photography

Mus. d'art moderne Paris, Paris (FR)
25 Mar 2016 – 17 Jul 2016

with Liz Deschenes, Jan Dibbets, Spiros Hadjidjanos, Giuseppe Penone, Seth Price, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Sieverding, James Welling
Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2016

Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi (GE)
12 May 2016 – 18 May 2016

with Stephen Althouse, Mariam Amurvelashvili, Andrej Barov, Karl Blossfeldt, Tamara Bokuchava, Kate Breakey, Fulvio Bugani, Barbara Burg, Joana Choumali, Alexandre Dupeyron, Sergo Edisherashvili, Thekla Ehling …
In the Garden

George Eastman Museum, Rochester (US)
9 May 2015 – 6 Sep 2015

with Albert Sands Southworth & Josiah Johnson Hawes, Eugene Atget, Hippolyte Bayard, Andrew Buurman, Sharon Core, Imogen Cunningham, Lee Friedlander, Ori Gersht, Emmet Gowin, Mark Klett, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tanya Marcuse …
Past Picture

Photography and the Chemistry of Intention

MOCA Contemporary Art, Toronto (CA)
2 May 2015 – 31 May 2015

with Anton Bruehl, William Henry Fox Talbot, Man Ray , Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Charles Nègre, Paul Outerbridge, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Franz Roh, Gary Schneider, Paul Strand, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Photo-Unrealism

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (US)
17 Oct 2014 – 15 Mar 2015

with Nancy Burson, Carlotta Corpron, Andre Kertesz, James Van Der Zee
PhotoNOLA 2014

The Ninth Annual Festival of Photography in New Orleans with more than 50 exhibitions

New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans (US)
4 Dec 2014 – 7 Dec 2014

with Jeremiah Ariaz, Christa Blackwood, Christopher Boffoli, Susan Burnstine, Nancy Burson, Carlotta Corpron, Michael Donnor, Emmet Gowin, Andre Kertesz, Heidi L. Kirkpatrick, Sophie T. Lvoff, Nancy Newberry …
Cross Over

Photography of Science + Science of Photography

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
7 Sep 2013 – 17 Nov 2013

with Auguste-Adolphe Bertsch, Hans Danuser, Marion Denis, Liz Deschenes, Harold E. Edgerton, Thomas Freiler, Raphael Hefti, Markus Krottendorfer, Hannes Rickli, Thomas Ruff, Adrian Sauer, Simon Starling
L'objet photographique : Une invention permanente

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
20 Apr 2011 – 19 Jun 2011

with Laure Albin-Guillot, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Patrick Bailly-Maitre-Grand, Edouard Baldus, Hippolyte Bayard, Rhona Bitner, Pierre Boucher, Brassai, Denis Brihat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean Francois Chevrier …
Pictures by Women

A History of Modern Photography

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 May 2010 – 4 Apr 2011

with Berenice Abbott, Rogi André, Emmy Andriesse, Claudia Andujar, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Gertrud Arndt, Tina Barney, Uta Barth, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin, Lynda Benglis …
Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
15 Sep 2009 – 16 May 2010

with Marco Breuer, Andrew Bush, Miles Coolidge, Tim Davis, Robert Demachy, Walker Evans, Roger Fenton, Lee Friedlander, Tom Friedman, Adam Fuss, Ann Hamilton, Pertti Kekarainen …
Photographers of Genius

Celebrating 20 years of collecting

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
16 Mar 2004 – 25 Jul 2004

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Hippolyte Bayard, Henry P. Bosse, Brassai, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson, Thomas Eakins, Walker Evans, Roger Fenton …

Events

Paris Photo 2026*

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026

with Merry Alpern, Miguel Angel Rojas, Viktoria Binschtok, Antony Cairns, Alessandro Calabrese, Jo Ann Callis, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot, Tania Franco Klein, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, Guido Guidi, Mari Katayama …
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo 2026

open air festival - SO BRITISH!

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Baden (AT)
12 Jun 2026 – 12 Oct 2026

with Corey Arnold, Laurent Ballesta, Supratim Bhattacharjee, Michel Bouvet, Robert Capa, Axelle de Russe, Peter Dench, Robert Doisneau, Josh Edgoose, Francois Fontaine, Esther Haase, Cig Harvey …
FOTO WIEN 2025

FOTO WIEN, Wien (AT)
3 Oct 2025 – 2 Nov 2025

with Katharina Acht, Laure Albin-Guillot, Clemens Ascher, Natascha Auenhammer, Michael Bachhofer, Florian Bachmeier, Roger Ballen, Carlos Barrera, Karl Blossfeldt, Jabin Botsford, Stan Brakhage, Nicole Brandstaetter …
Festival photo La Gacilly 2025

open air festival - So British!

Festival photo , La Gacilly (FR)
1 Jun 2025 – 5 Oct 2025

with Corey Arnold, Laurent Ballesta, Supratim Bhattacharjee, Axelle de Russe, Peter Dench, Robert Doisneau, Josh Edgoose, Francois Fontaine, Cig Harvey, Francoise Huguier, Stephane Lavoue, Don McCullin …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

HANS P. KRAUS JR, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Hippolyte Bayard, Roger Fenton, Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, William Henry Fox Talbot, Felix Nadar
Photo Oxford 2021

Women and Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen

Photography Oxford, Oxford (GB)
15 Oct 2021 – 15 Nov 2021

with Heather Agyepong, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Chloe Dewe Mathews, Anna Fox, Alexis Hunter, Mari Mahr, Aida Makoto, Daido Moriyama, Zanele Muholi, Mika Ninagawa, Nancy Sheung …
Photaumnales 2019

Terra Nostra - The Age of the Anthropocenee

Les Photaumnales, Paris (FR)
21 Sep 2019 – 5 Jan 2020

with Jocelyne Alloucherie, Maria Thereza Alves, Thierry Ardouin, Israel Arino, Mathieu Asselin, Ursula Böhmer, Olaf Otto Becker, Karl Blossfeldt, Morgane Britscher, Alexa Brunet, Raphael Chipault, Isabeau de Rouffignac …
Rare Photobooks

CHRISTIE'S London, London (GB)
17 May 2006

with Nobuyoshi Araki, William Henry Fox Talbot, Man Ray , Ed Ruscha, Stephen Shore