The Photography industry has massively emerged over the years. Since the existence of cameras, photography was a medium of communication, restoring histories. World Photography Day is celebrated on August 19 every year.
The day aims to hold discussions about photography and encourage those who want to pursue photography as a hobby or career.
World Photography Day originates from the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the process and a few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift free to the world.
The first durable colour photograph was taken by Thomas Sutton in 1861. On the other hand, the first digital photograph was taken in 1957; almost 20 years before Kodak’s engineer invented the first digital camera. However, it was much later on August 19, 2010, when the World Photo Day hosted its first global online gallery.
On the occasion of World Photography Day, we’ll take you through the top-notch photographers of India:
Dabboo Ratnani
Dabboo Ratnani is a popular Indian fashion photographer. He is popular for his kingfisher calendar shoots. Dabboo Ratnani has worked in a Hindi movie named ‘Heroine’. For the past 19 years, in January, Dabboo Ratnani launches a new series of celebrity calendar, which is looked forward to by the film industry.
Raghu Rai
Padamshree Awardee, Raghu Rai is a well-known photographer and photojournalist from India. Rai was head of photography for India Today from 1982 until 1992. For Greenpeace, in 1984, he concluded a detailed research series on Bhopal’s chemical tragedy and its subsequent impact on the lives of gas victims.
Dayanita Singh
Well recognized for her depictions of India’s metropolitan elite and middle class, Dayanita Singh mainly did black and white photography and developed a reputation for that, although her recent works were captured in lush color photography. In 2008, she was awarded the “Prince Claus Award”.
Rathika Ramasamy
Rathika Ramasamy was born in a small town in Theni and is an amazing wildlife photographer. She enjoys taking wildlife photos of birds and animals in jungles and forests. She has travelled extensively to many national and international sanctuaries. In 2005, she was part of the Clean Ganga Campaign, and her photography was exhibited at ‘India International Center’ in New Delhi.
Prabuddha Dasgupta
Prabuddha Dasgupta was a popular fine-art photographer(1956 – 2012). His sense of fashion and fine -art photography was mostly controversial, but his hard work and passion made him one of the popular photographers. He has published several photo books title: Women, Ladakh, Edge of Faith, and more.
Gautam Rajadhyaksha
He was one of India’s best-known portrait celebrities, photographing almost all Indian film industry icons. Across all film personalities, he was very famous and worked on portraits of virtually all the leading stars. His first experience with fashion photography took place in 1980 when he took photos of actress Shabana Azmi, Tina Munim, and Jackie Shroff, and his love for portrait photography became ignited.
