World Photography Day 2018

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Every year, August 19 is observed as World Photography Day. A day which is meant to celebrate photography, and its power to inspire positive change in communities across the world. Well, at least that is what the official World Photo Day website tells you in the ‘About’ section. According to the description, this day is meant to bring “millions of photographers” together from across the world so people can connect, and then invest back in their local and the global community.


Australia-based photographer, and self-described explorer and adventurer Korske Ara, the mind behind ‘World Photo Day’ points out that he believes that the art of photography has the power to inspire generations, tell stories, and “create positive impact in the world”. However, if I look back just about 10 years back, since then the meaning of photography has changed drastically. These 10 years have turned photography from an activity that was limited to a niche crowd with sufficient resources to a hobby for almost anyone with a mobile phone in their pockets.

The credit for such democratization of photography goes to researchers and scientists who imagined and tried to push the boundaries of how small a camera sensor can be. It started with smartphone makers such as Sharp who introduced the first phone with a camera module on the back of the J-SH04 to Nokia that took the torch and pushed for innovation. It continues with the current crop of smartphone makers that have continued to push the envelope of innovation. Today we see a variety of smartphone camera implementations that include dual camera setups to the more recent triple and quad camera setups.

This has resulted in a change in how we look at smartphone photography both as a documentation tool to something that empowers people by letting them express and share their thoughts with the world.

Sin

Didn't know about World Photography day until it popped in my Mobile Phone's calendar! It did surprise me that a day is dedicated for Photography. Awesome