World Photo Day is on 19th August and it celebrates the day when the French government purchased the patent for the daguerreotype process. The daguerreotype process is a photographic process that creates highly detailed images on a sheet of copper plate with a thin coat of silver.
The day requires participants to share a photo of their world, which can be anything the photographer chooses. The day also encourages photographers from around the globe to share a single photo that encapsulates their world.
The definition of photography is quite literally “drawing the light” and British scientist Sir John Herschel came up with it in 1839. He used the Greek word phōtós, which means “light” and graphê which means “drawing or writing”.
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