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This Year Marks the 35th Anniversary of World Photography Day!
Having first been celebrated in 1991, the world's largest celebration of photography is turning 35 in 2026!

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Wednesday, August 19th, 2026

World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. The next World Photography Day will take place on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026. Be sure to share your best photos on social media and tag using #WorldPhotographyDay.

You can participate in World Photography Day and help support photography everywhere, whether or not you have a photo to share! Search for posts using the tag #WorldPhotographyDay on August 19th, on the social medium of your choice, and "Like", comment and share the photos that resonate with you the most. If you discover a photographer whose work you appreciate, be sure to give them a follow on social media, as well!

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Help us reach 1.5 Million #WorldPhotographyDay tags on Instagram, this year!

We're currently at over 1,000,000 tags, and we're aiming to reach 1,500,000 for World Photography Day 2026. Be sure to post your best photos on Instagram using the hashtag #WorldPhotographyDay! After you've tagged a photo on Instagram, visit our World Photography Day Photos Page, to see your photo featured among others!

Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River, New York, by William Henry Jackson, 1880. Restored by John Morzen, 2016.

Since the early 19th century, photography has become an ever-increasing medium of personal expression and appreciation for countless people around the world.

A photograph has the ability to capture a place; an experience; an idea; a moment in time. For this reason, it's said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Photographs can convey a feeling faster than, and sometimes even more effectively than words can. A photograph can make the viewer see the world the way the photographer sees it.

Photographs even transcend the passing of time - a photo from a hundred years ago can still be as appreciated now, as it was then. A photo taken tomorrow, can still be just as appreciated by others in a hundred years' time.

Join the World Photography Day celebration, this August 19th. Go out and capture a moment. #WorldPhotographyDay

Haines Falls, by the Detroit Publishing Company, 1902.

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