World Photography Day

Every year on August 19, the global community pauses to observe World Photography Day, an international celebration dedicated to the art, science, and history of the photographic medium. This date is not arbitrary; it serves as a historical bridge to the very dawn of modern imaging. It commemorates the moment in 1839 when the French government purchased the patent for the daguerreotype—one of the first practical photographic processes—and gifted it "free to the world" as a universal tool for expression.