The Reveal - Art & Science had a baby
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
Storytime
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In 1839 Science married Art and had a baby. Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, a painter from the Romantic period and a printmaker introduced daguerreotype. A one of a kind image on a highly polished, silver plated sheet of copper.
He explained before the Academie des Sciences and the Academie des Beaux-Arts the steps to producing this magical process we now know as photography. Tragically a fire decimated most of his work, equipment and notes. Only a few surviving pieces remain. *. He had captured how to make ethereal, permanent. He was a French Prometheus, stealing light from the gods, memories from the man, and keeping it as eternal as possible.
A view of Paris - 17 Boulevard Saint-Martin
Photograph - Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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World Photography Day this year is recognized and celebrated on Saturday August 19, 2023. It is a global celebration in recognition of the art, craft, science, and history of photography. The day encourages photographers from around the world to share a single photo that encapsulates their world. Just as one image trapped a moment in time in the 19th century, we take one day to capture and enrapture a world, the world we live in. They can be shared on the social media platform of your choice with the hashtag #WorldPhotographyDay and #WorldPhotographyDay2023. WorldPhotographyDay.com is accepting submissions to be featured on World Photography Daily. Be sure to tell the story behind the photograph.
“The Earth is mud-luscious…and puddle-wonderful.”
The theme for this year is LANDSCAPE. The goal is 1 million #WorldPhotographyDay tags.
While World Photography day is August 19th, World Photography Week stretches from August 12th to August 26th. So please share your photos on the social medium of your preference, along with the story, and use the hashtag #WorldPhotographyWeek.
Have at it y’all.
The Coup by Mistofer Christopher. I took this picture in Central Park by the Conservatory water near the Alice in Wonderland statue. It’s a beautiful place of peace where creation has staked and taken claim and ownership of these sharply defined borders made by man between E110th street and E59th street in the concrete jungle.