INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY AUGUST,2017,11TH ISSUE | Page 34

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.