{"product_id":"9781915423795-cyanotype-imperfections","title":"Cyanotype Imperfections","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographs of British Algae\u003cbr\u003ePhotographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections by British Photographer Mandy Barkeraims to raise awareness of fast fashion, synthetic clothes, and the harmful effect of microfibres inthe oceans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe overconsumption and waste of cheap clothing, garments often worn only a few\u003cbr\u003etimes (sometimes never at all), and then discarded. For this new work the artist has recovered\u003cbr\u003ewaste clothing from 121 locations around the coast of Britain, presenting them as unique\u003cbr\u003ecyanotype images.\u003cbr\u003eThe project was inspired by the work of Anna Atkins, a Victorian botanist and photographer whose\u003cbr\u003egroundbreaking book, ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1843,’ Barker has\u003cbr\u003ebased her own work on, but rather than showing natural algae and seaweed as Atkins did, Barker\u003cbr\u003echose to show the clothing and garments recovered from the same British shorelines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56498711134582,"sku":"9781915423795","price":46.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33676809.jpg?v=1760990227","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915423795-cyanotype-imperfections","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}