19 August: World Photography Day
The French
government announced 19 August as the World Photography Day. The World
Photography Day originated from invention of the Daguerreotype, a
photographic process which was developed by Joseph Nicèphore Nièpce and
Louis Daguerre.
The French Academy of Sciences on 9 January 1839
announced about the process of Daguerreotype. On 19 August 1839, the
Government of France declared this invention as a gift which was Free to
the World. Apart from this process, another process called Calotype,
was also invented in the year 1839 by William Fox Talbot. Invention of
Daguerreotype and Calotype therefore marked 1839 as year in which
photography was invented. The date 19 August was chosen to celebrate
photography.
Founding of the World Photography Day
In
the year 2009, Korske Ara, a passionate Australian photographer
launched the World Photography Day Project. On 19 August 2010, the first
global online gallery of World Photography Day was hosted. The day is
celebrated in order to unite global as well as local communities of the
photographers.
History of the World Photography Day
The
inventor of the first practical process of photography is Louis
Daguerre. He presented this process of photography to the public on 19
August 1839 at French Academy of Science in Paris. The process was
accepted widely and also gained a lot of popularity, which is why 19
August was declared as the World Photography Day.
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