History of the world photography day
The intention of celebrating world photography day originates from the
invention of the Daguerreotype method, a photographic process developed by
Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre in the year 1837. On 9th January,
1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the Daguerreotype process.
A few months later, the French government purchased the patent and
announced the invention as a gift “free to the world ".
The Daguerrotype wasn't in fact the first permanent photographic image. In
1826 Nicephore Niepce captured the earliest known permanent photographic
called “View from the window at Le Gras" using a process called Heliography.
The main historical significance of choosing 19th August 1839 as World
photography day is the application of Daguerrotype as the first practical
photographic process and followed by the purchase and release of the patent
of the same by the French government.
In this noble occasion Siliguri Photographic Society is going to organize a
photowalk.