World Photography Day: Exploring its history, significance & celebration around the world

World Photography Day is celebrated on August 19 every year to pay homage to the innovation and significance in the medium of photography. It was first celebrated in 1839, after the French government introduced the daguerreotype process - a revolutionary photographic methodology developed by Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.

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