Devon Caranicas News Today

Peter Caranicas, a Variety editor who was respected for his knowledge of production and technology, died May 19 after a long battle with cancer.

To mark the reissue of "Jed Johnson: Opulent Restraint Interiors," Jay Johnson spoke to Interview about his brother's style and sensitivity.

… In the mid-19th century, Sir John Herschel invented the cyanotype, an intricate photographic process that uses iron compounds to create prints with a lustrous blue hue. His close friend Anna Atkins, an amateur botanist who took particular interest in scientific illustration and taxonomy, decided to use the new technique to document algae from her extensive seaweed collection, resulting in ethereal, highly detailed illustrations rendered in wispy shades of white set against a radiant cyan ba...