Photo Contest

Aug. 19 - Sep 9, 2021

Open to All

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August 19 is World Photography Day

World Photo Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.  It is also a great excuse to share photos with the world.  What better way to celebrate than joining our Photo Contest?

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The soft click of the camera, a flash of light and a moment in time captured forever. A photo is a way to feel the emotion and context of that exact moment. 

Make it snappy! 

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2021 Theme: Rendez-Vous

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Instructions:

• Submit up to three (3) of your best photos
  between Aug. 19 and Sep. 9

• Email your photo(s) to:

  • afraleighphoto@gmail.com

  • Email Title: Your first and last names 

  • Email up to 3 photos separately and add a number for each email (1,2, or 3), for ex. Jane Doe 1

• Each photo should be tagged using the following pattern:
  firstnamelastnamenumber

• The photos must be high resolution. Low resolution / low quality photos will not be considered.

Meet our Jury:

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• Kshama Rajneesh - Professional Photographer

• Jackie Tiryakian - Professional Artist

• Emily Jees - Professional Artist

See Results

Questions?

Email: afraleighphoto@gmail.com

History of Photography Day

World Photography Day originates from the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Louis Daguerre in 1837, based on the pioneering work of Nicéphore Niepce.

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Daguerre sold the idea to the French Academy of Sciences, which purchased the patent and subsequently gifted the process to the world on 19 August 1839.

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View of the Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, includes the earliest known photograph of a person. The image shows a busy street, but because the exposure had to continue for several minutes the moving traffic is not visible.  At the lower right, however, a man apparently having his boots polished, and the bootblack polishing them, were motionless enough for their images to be captured. There is also a young girl looking out of a window at the camera.

Louis Daguerre

1787 – 1851

Nicéphore Nièpce

1765-1833