World Photography Day is being celebrated today
Posted on: 19/Aug/2015 4:18:37 PM
World Photography Day is being celebrated across the globe on August 19. It is a day that unites the photographers across the globe to celebrate World Photography Day the anniversary of the first photographic process patent in 1839. In Chennai, there are various events organized to celebrate World Photography Day.
The date behind World Photo Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre in 1837. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government purchased the patent and announced the invention as a gift "Free to the World".
It should be noted that the Daguerreotype wasn`t the first permanent photographic image. In 1826, Nicephore Niepce captured the earliest known permanent photograph known as `View from the Window at Le Gras` using a process called Heliography.
August 19th, 1839 was chosen as the date behind World Photo Day based on the following historical merits:
- The Daguerreotype was the first practical photographic process.
- The purchase and release of the patent by the French government.
The history of the camera can be traced much further back than the introduction of photography. Cameras evolved from the camera obscura, and continued to change through many generations of photographic technology, including daguerreotypes, calotypes, dry plates, film, and digital cameras.
The first partially successful photograph of a camera image was made in approximately 1816 by Nicephore Niepce, using a very small camera of his own making.
Celebrating World Photo Day doesn`t have to be a big affair. Each year, many photographers choose to take time out to reflect on what they love about photography. Some choose to stay in and learn new post techniques whist others adventure out to capture that elusive photograph. You can even celebrate photography on your morning walk as you ponder what the world would look like without photography.
