This date was set in the calendar thanks to an invention of the nineteenth century.
Each August 19 The International Photography Day. This date was fixed on the calendar thanks to an invention of the nineteenth century that allowed to recognize The art of capturing images and its impact on the perception of the world.
On this same day but in the year 1839the French Louis Daguerre presented to the French Academy of Sciences he daguerreotype. This device, which achieved Print an image on a silver surfaceis considered the direct predecessor of photography.
The first image with the “Daguerreotype” method
This technical advance used a metal plaque covered with silver salts that, when exposed to light, managed to fix an image permanently, with which a capture of the Boulevard du Temple.
Boulevard du Temple (1)
However, the French government decided to acquire the rights of this innovation And he announced that he made it available to the world As a universal gift so that it could be used freely throughout the world, without patents. From that moment, photography ceased to be an experiment reserved for scientific circles to become an open resource that could be used in various areas of social life.
In 1840, innovation arrived in Mexico and Uruguay, and a year later to Colombia, while in Argentina it developed between 1840 and 1860.
Korske Ara He was the founder and project director World Photo Day, which began in 2009 and the first time was held August 19, 2010.
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