Photography – is a unique phenomenon, because in photographs you can capture events taking place, interesting moments, beautiful places, favorite faces, moments that will never be repeated again... Thanks to them, you can go back in time, because when looking through photographs, we remember many wonderful moments of life. In addition, for some, photography – is not just a hobby, but also a profession and even art.
Therefore, it is not surprising that this phenomenon also has its own personal holiday – World Photography Day, which all photographers (both amateurs and professionals) and connoisseurs of this art celebrate annually on August 19. And it was founded in 2009 on the initiative of an Australian photographer named Korske Ara.
The date of the holiday was chosen due to the fact that on this day in 1839 the method of obtaining a photo print – of the daguerreotype, a prototype of photography, was presented to the general public. This invention belongs to Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, from whom the French government bought the patent for such a promising innovation, and it proclaimed its invention a «gift to the world». After all, Daguerre’s invention was the first step towards photography as a publicly available « technology».
Photography, which today is firmly established in almost all spheres of our lives, has a long history. But it is daguerreotype – that the process of obtaining an image on a metal plate – is considered the first practical way of photographing. It, or rather obtaining a fixed image, was created in the early 1820s by the French inventor Joseph Niepce, but bears the name of Louis Daguerre, since it was he who managed to obtain the image and fix it on a copper plate covered with silver. Therefore, it is daguerreotype that is considered the founder of modern photography.
Today we can congratulate all photographers on their professional holiday (Photo: Volodymyr Burdiak, licensed from Shutterstock.com)
Over the following years, many scientists continued to improve the process of obtaining photographs using different materials and reagents. In 1861, James Maxwell managed to reproduce color photography, and Sony's invention of the digital camera in 1981 made it possible to take digital photographs and abandon traditional photographic film (although many professional photographers still prefer it in their work). And today, in the world of digital technology, we can easily take photographs ourselves, which will then make us smile, feel sad or hold our breath.
Of course, photography occupies a special place in the lives of those who chose this occupation as their profession, because their work can rightfully be called art. Therefore, today all photographers can be congratulated on their professional holiday.
In general, World Photography Day – is a holiday for everyone who loves to take photographs and take photographs, which means the event is incredibly bright and positive. Today, you boldly pick up any equipment that can capture unforgettable moments and views, and go!
Get involved in the fascinating world of photography and involve your friends and family in it, or you can also visit photo exhibitions, which, by the way, are often organized by different photographers or photo studios for this holiday. In a number of countries, master classes from professional photographers, various seminars and flash mobs are also timed to coincide with this day.
World Photography Day – is a holiday for everyone who likes to take pictures and be photographed (Photo: gpointstudio, licensed from Shutterstock.com)
Happy holiday to you, friends! Look more often at the world and the surrounding reality through the camera lens and delight others with your unique photographs: share them on social networks, upload them to the stock.
For example, – for a new Russian free photo stock with a built-in PHOTO editor PHOTOROBUS. It is he who today presents World Photography Day in the «Profi Day» section in Calend.ru Magazine. Meet!
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Let us remind you that on July 12, the world celebrates St. Veronica’s Day – Patroness of Photography (Photographer’s Day).
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