Passage 1 Photographer Mandy Barker has found an extraordinary way to make us reconsider the waste in our seas. She catalogues fibres from fast fashion in the style of a Victorian book about British algae. When Mandy Barker stumbled upon a fragment of colour in the sand while walking near Spurn Point, East Yorkshire, in 2012, she was bewitched. "I thought it was actually a strip of clothing, but when I went to pick it out, I saw that it was green - grey-brown - but with these amazing colours on it," she recalls. Growing up on the Yorkshire coast, Barker had become used to the sight of plastic bottles, fishing nets, and driftwood shells changing around the shores. "Over the years I saw TVs, fridges and computers washing up on the beach," she says. "Fishermen told me they could see trawlers out at sea visibly dumping waste into the water, and sometimes other fishermen would take their rubbish out and dump it." Barker's award-winning photography has focused on the sometimes ambiguous beauty of this marine debris. One day, she was "shocked at the way the fabric unravelled on so well that [she] mistook seaweed for a shelf in [her] house and put it there." She discovered a book called "Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions" by Anna Atkins. The launch date, 16 March, was chosen to mark Atkins's birthday. Atkins's pioneering work was created on cyanotype, a monochrome blueprint created on a near-transparent surface. Published in 1843, only 17 copies of the book - in various forms of completion - are thought to remain. Barker discovered the book at the Royal Society. "I realised that that was exactly what I was looking for," she says. She had written about seaweed and had all these seaweed-like pieces of cloth and thought: "That's what I need." Women were underrepresented in publishing in the mid-1800s and Atkins chose to sign her work with the initials "AA", which were assumed to mean "anonymous amateur". And the fish were amazing books but no one gave her any credit, says Barker. She tracked down the same paper Atkins had used. She traced over Atkins's alphabet, although she had to handwrite, as the same feathery handwriting was difficult to recreate. Where did Mandy Barker find the fragment of colour in 2012 A. On the Yorkshire coast. B. Near Spurn Point, East Yorkshire. C. In her house. D. At the Royal Society. What is the main idea of the passage A. To introduce Mandy Barker's childhood experiences on the coast. B. To describe the beauty of British algae. C. To explain how Mandy Barker was inspired to create her unique photography style by a Victorian book. D. To discuss the problem of marine debris. According to the passage, what can be inferred about Anna Atkins A. She was well-known and received much credit in her time. B. She used a special paper for her work. C. She was not interested in seaweed. D. She signed her work with her full name. What does the word "bewitched" in the second paragraph probably mean A. Frightened. B. Bored. ... ...
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