World Photography Day

Today it is difficult to imagine modern society without the function of photography. People take pictures of themselves, around themselves, others, around others. In short, photography is a method of expressing yourself, showing your inner world, your thoughts. Or just share your impressions of the places you saw. Nowadays, photographs are more often in electronic format - they are saved on electronic media, often having entire huge albums at hand - in a smartphone. And some 20 years ago, paper photographs were more popular. Few people know that photography - as a type of transfer from a camera lens to paper - came to us from France. The famous photographer and inventor Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, who developed cameras and came up with ways to preserve the moment he saw for centuries, came up with a way to transfer the frame to metal plates. This significant event happened in 1839. Back then, photography was called daggerotype. Of course, the idea of ​​​​transferring the world into two-dimensional space has been thought through by many scientists. Back in the 20s of the 19th century, a certain Jose Niepce expressed a theory and conducted some experiments in this direction. But only Daguerre managed to get a reliable result, the prototype of which is still used today. Of course, only black and white photographs appeared then. Interestingly, there was a whole art - photographers and artists painted photographs by hand so that they resembled the real image of the world. Color photography appeared several decades later, in 1861. Her father is believed to be James Maxwell. Interestingly, the digital camera, with the ability to store images internally, without film, was invented and patented in 1981. Only a few decades have passed - and this invention has been appreciated by almost all the inhabitants of our planet. It is known that Photography Day is dedicated to the invention of the prototype of modern photography. On August 19, all true lovers and connoisseurs of photography around the world remember the history of its invention, use this skill and say thank you to the luminaries of this business. Today, many galleries show exhibitions of famous photographers. Among whom you can find both masters of digital photography and those who like to deal with chemistry and touch the art of photography with their own hands. Such connoisseurs of beauty use film. It's easy to get involved in World Photography Day celebrations - don't forget to take some photos on August 19th.