World Photography Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Louis Daguerre. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift “Free to the World.”
Another photographic processes, the Calotype, was also invented in 1839 by William Fox Talbot (it was announced in 1841). Together, the invention of both the Daguerreotype and Calotype mark 1839 as the year that photography was invented.
If you’re interested in learning more about the history of photography, take a look at the following article on Wikipedia: History of Photography
World Photography Day
I don't have a single favorite photograph as my tastes in everything are so eclectic that I tend to fall in love with many different things depending on a variety of things going on at a particular moment in my life.
I've always loved photographs using lighting to highlight a particular object or viewpoint, especially if done at night.
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this is especially true when I am looking at things, as there are things I find truly inspiring and beautiful or cause incredible emotions that others think are plain, or ordinary or even ugly.
Here are a few that I have been sent.
Shuttle Endeavor Liftoff, the last scheduled night launch.........
Children swimming in trash..........
Oil & Water mixing in the Gulf of Mexico
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