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When was photography born?

Photography was generally born in 1839.

Photography generally refers to photography. The word photography comes from Greek. Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment. Photography generally uses mechanical cameras or digital cameras. Sometimes photography is also called photography, that is, the process of exposing a photosensitive medium by using the light emitted or reflected by an object.

Generally, human beings take pictures with visible light, and cameras are the most commonly used. Because of different scenes and uses, cameras have many classifications. Generally speaking, a camera must have several basic components to ensure the exposure process, including: photosensitive medium, imaging lens, exposure time control mechanism, film cassette, storage medium, electronic photoreceptor and electronic storage medium.

Brief introduction of photography activities

1839, French painter Daguerre invented modern photography and made it known to the world. 20 19 coincides with the 80th anniversary of photography. On February 29th, French local time 18, "Celebration of the Birth of Photography180th Anniversary" was held in Comay Town Hall, France, the hometown of Daguerre, the inventor of modern photography.

It is understood that the list of 180 people includes photographers since the publication of Daguerre's photography, such as Adams, Bresson, Huang, salgado and so on. There are also founders of Kodak, Hasselblad and other photographic products, as well as Chinese who have made great contributions to photography, such as Sha Fei and Wu Yinxian in wartime, Lang Jingshan in Taiwan Province, Chen Fuli and Liu Xiangcheng in Hong Kong, and founders of Beijing Institute of Photography.