When is World Photography Day?

Saturday August 19th

Every year, World Photography Day (also known as World Photo Day) commemorates photography's art, craft, mathematics, and history of photography. The day also encourages photographers from around the world to share a single image that encapsulates their world.

World Photography Day - August 19

Photography Today The kind of photography we see today dates back to 1839. The Daguerreotype process was announced at the French Academy of Sciences at the time. The process made it possible to produce a highly detailed image on a sheet of copper. The sheet had been coated with a thin coat of silver, and the process did not require the use of a negative. It was the first method for getting a permanent image with a camera..

The Daguerreotype process was refined by George Eastman of Rochester, NY, 40 years later in 1884. For the paper, he called film, he replaced the copper plate with a dry gel on paper. This invention eliminated the need for photographers to carry heavy copper plates and hazardous chemicals. In 1888, Eastman invented the Kodak camera. Almost everybody was able to snap a picture thanks to the invention.

Many people no longer use film in their cameras due to the explosion of digital photography, many people no longer use film in their cameras. However, some photographers would rather use film than digital photography. Film is one of the reasons they like film. Here are a few of the reasons why they like film: