World Photography Day is being celebrated across the globe today.
World Photography Day is observed on August 19 every year, across the world. The day was chosen to mark the purchase of the patent to the daguerreotype camera by the French government, who made it free for use to the entire world. On this day, there are few facts about photography that one should know:
1) The first person who managed to make a ‘photographic’ snapshot constant, that is to fix the image was Joseph Niepce.
2) The very first snapshot in the history of photography is considered ‘view from the window,’ dated 1826, its exposure shot lasted 8 Hours.
3) The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by James Maxwell, the British physicist.
4) The first aerial photography was carried out by French inventor Turnache in 1858. He shot Paris from the balloon.
5) The appearance of the first plates for color photography dated back to 1904, produced by the company ‘Lumiere’.
