Since 2009, every August 19 World Photography Day is celebrated, thanks to the initiative of Australian artist Korske Ara, who was an important link in the dissemination and importance given to this celebration.
The date pays tribute to Parisian Louis Daguerre, who on that day in 1839 presented his most important invention to the French Academy of Sciences: the daguerreotype.
This device made it possible to obtain an image through chemical processes in which a polished silver surface was used as a mirror.
The exposure time was long as it lasted around 10 minutes, ending in bright light, developing the picture was harmful to health because highly condensed mercury vapor was used, and the results were not very durable or resistant.
Thanks to technological advances, photography has greatly evolved over time, although its objective and intentionality are unchanged.
This art has the power to tell stories, inspire the viewer and serve as testimonies of momentous and unrepeatable events. Photographs are, in essence, documentary sources of history.
However, not every photo is a work of art, because to be so, resources must be used that only those who study it in depth can master. Being a photographer does not only mean having a camera and shooting, but telling a story, capturing an unrepeatable moment and transferring it to the viewer in a very personal way.
With the emergence of digital cameras and especially with the popularization of photography through mobile phones, anyone can witness an instant, capture it and transfer it to others.
On World Photography Day, photographers from around the world and fans show their passion for this discipline.
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