On World Photo Day, annually around the world, photo lovers come together in spirit, online and at various events and exhibitions to showcase, share and celebrate their favourite photographs.
Founded in 2009, by the Australian photographer Korske Ara, 19th August was specifically chosen to be the date, every year, on which World Photo Day will always fall, because it’s the anniversary on which the patent of the ‘daguerreotype’ (one of the original methods of photography) was bought by the French government. It is also the same day as World Humanitarian Day, the occasion that marks and pays tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and on which it rallies support for people affected by conflict and crises around the world.
From humble beginnings, with just 250 people signing up to participate in 2010, World Photo Day now reaches a global audience of 500 million contributors annually. Participants have the opportunity to share their diverse amateur and professional captured images and raise awareness of themes and issues that are important to them and their communities.
Unilife Students - Please Get Involved!
To celebrate World Photo Day, Unilife is collating and promoting an online collage of photos captured by our students from over the last 12 months. We’d like our Unilife collage to be a diverse range of images and themes that tell the story of what it’s really like to live at Unilife.
So, we’d like to include your submissions that relay the Unilife experience from your perspective – please can you send us pictures of you and your friends studying, relaxing or simply enjoying life in Unilife locations or the outdoor/inside spaces in the Unilife city location where you live. Simply choose and send us selfies and/or pictures that capture the essence of ultimate student living and we will endeavour to include them.
You decide if your pics are in colour, black and white, the filters are on or off, the images are beautifully composed or if they are just a happy snaps... you choose... anything goes, as long as your photos are related to your life at Unilife and mean something to you!
You can choose to scroll back through your phone from the last 365 days and pick out your favourite memories or shoot some more photos today, then post them on your Instagram – it’s up to you. Use the hashtags #worldphotoday #unilifestudentliving, #unilife and submit them on or before World Photo Day on Wednesday 19th August. Keep an eye on our social media on 19th August for your included images!
Happy snapping!
If you’re looking for other ideas on how else you can get involved with #WorldPhotoDay, take a look at these 3 ideas below-
1 - Hampshire Cultural Trust
Hampshire Cultural Trust has announced the return of Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2020. This annual competition provides a showcase for the world’s very best nature photography. The competition is owned and operated by the world-renowned Natural History Museum and a panel of international experts select the awarded images from almost 50,000 entries by the world's best photographers.
Explore how you can get involved here: https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/event/wildlife-photographer-year
2 - #2020Rankin
World-famous celebrity photographer, Rankin, is inviting everyone to share a photo that encapsulates their most stand out personal memory of 2020, on social media. Simply share your submission on Instagram, by 23rd August using the hashtag #2020rankin for a chance for your image to be featured on a brand new Sky Arts show, Rankin’s 2020, coming this September.
3 - Southampton Art Gallery
For our Southampton Unilife campus students, the events at Southampton’s art gallery may be of real interest, especially to art and photo lovers. 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower sailing from Southampton bound for the New World. The journey was a key event in the shaping of world history – with both negative and positive impacts.
To mark Southampton’s role in this momentous event, artists have submitted works around the themes of journey, migration and the sea – all subjects that have helped to build Southampton and put the City at the forefront of many national and world-changing moments. Explore more here: https://www.southamptoncityartgallery.com/events/online-exhibitions/
Southsea’s Strong women
She_Captures are a small women’s photography group, based in Southsea, that has been actively meeting, going on trips, sharing knowledge and participating in projects for around two years. All of the group members are amateur photographers and are at various stages in their learning and experience, the emphasis of the group is on fun and support.
View this talented group’s images and works here:
https://www.strongisland.co/2020/04/29/she_captures-online-exhibition-portsmouth-in-24-hours
