World photography day is celebrated on August 19 when people who share the passion of photography come together and raise awareness and share ideas about the field of photography.
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World Photography Day 2020: August 19 marks the day, which is an annual celebration of the science, history, art and craft of photography. World photography day, when the people who share a passion for photography come together to raise awareness and share ideas about the field of photography. A picture speaks a thousand words; it is a means of personal expression and the appreciation of it, all at the same time.
A picture doesn’t simply capture scenery; it captures feelings, ideas, experiences, moments in time, and immortalizes them forever. As pictures have the ability to convey these emotions faster and sometimes more effectively than words it has become one of the primary modes of communication in the digital world.
World photography day traces its origins to 1837 when the first ever-photographic process, the ‘Daguerreotype’ was developed by the Frenchmen Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce. The French Academy of Sciences announced this process on January 9, 1839, and later in the same year, the French government purchased the patent for the invention and gave it as a gift, “free to the world.”
The first ever-durable colour photograph was taken in the year 1861 and there have even been speculations about the first digital photograph being invented in 1957, 20 years before the invention of the first digital camera.
The unofficial holiday is a celebration of the creativity and nuances of photography that have captivated the people for decades. With changing time and advancing technology we have seen many different methods of photography over the years but the essence remains the same.
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Roland Barthes in his book, Camera Lucida, talked about the meaning of photography and its various methods. He mentioned that “What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once. The photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially.” And it is in this repetitive nature that we find the appreciation of photography.
Photography over time has evolved from its original purpose of documentation into a language in its own right. Different methods of photography convey different emotions, and often each photographer, in the course of time, develops their own style.
Each year, in celebration of this art form, many promotional photography competitions are announced with various themes to choose from.
