10 facts about World Photography Day:

  1. World Photography Day is celebrated on August 19 every year.
  2. The day commemorates the announcement of the daguerreotype process in France on August 19, 1839.
  3. The daguerreotype was the first practical photographic process.
  4. The first photo taken with a daguerreotype was of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris.
  5. The exposure time for the first daguerreotype was eight hours.
  6. The first self-portrait was taken with a daguerreotype in 1839 by Robert Cornelius.
  7. The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by James Clerk Maxwell.
  8. The first digital camera was invented in 1975 by Steven Sasson at Kodak.
  9. More than 350 billion photos are taken every year worldwide.
  10. World Photography Day is a great opportunity to celebrate the art and science of photography.

Here are some additional facts about photography:

  • The word "photography" comes from the Greek words "photos" (light) and "graphos" (to draw).
  • The first camera obscura was invented in China in the 5th century AD.
  • The first permanent photograph was taken in 1826 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.
  • The first photo of a person was taken in 1838 by Louis Daguerre.
  • The first photo of the Moon was taken in 1851.
  • The first photo of the Earth from space was taken in 1946.
  • The first photo of a black hole was taken in 2019.