When these magic lantern slides were first made, Enlightenment ideals of science and reason instilled a system of categorising nature, separating life forms in a hierarchical structure. I have processed the original black and white glass plates as cyanotypes, the images reference and contrast the taxonomic work of Anna Atkins. In 1843, she created the first book of photographs, which included eight blueprints from her Herbarium of British algae. It is now understood that all animals (including humans), plants and other organisms such as fungi and algae are Eukaryotes and share a common ancestor. The effects of time on the images make visible forms, which evoke interpenetrative systems impacting between or among all living things.