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World Photography Day

World Photography Day is held on July 19. This event in the second decade of the month July is annual.

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The first person who managed to make a “photographic” snapshot constant, that is to fix the image was Joseph Niepce. The very first snapshot in the history of photography is considered “view from the window,” dated 1822. The exposure of the shot lasted 8 Hours.

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World Photo Day on August 19 (Founded in 2009 by Australian photographer Korske Ara. The date was chosen to honor the day the French government acquired a patent for the daguerreotype, an early photographic process);

Museum Selfie Day on January 21 (Held on the third Wednesday of January);

International Scrapbooking Industry Day on March 4;

World Scrapbooking Day on May 2;

Nature Photography Day on June 15;

International Save the Vaquita Day on July 18;

Cantiere Internationale d'Arte in Montepulciano on July 18;

Engineer's Day in Nepal on July 18;

Trainer's Day in Ukraine on July 19 (unofficial holiday of sports trainers. For the first time, the idea of this professional sports festival appeared in 1999 among representatives of the Federation of Sports and Rhythmic Gymnastics of Ukraine);