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Who wouldn't be happy to see a good photo of himself? But some people love cameras, who like to take pictures of others more than themselves. They can be rivers, mountains, forests and even ordinary people. World Photography Day is celebrated every year on 19 August for camera lovers. Today we will tell you about a person who loves cameras so much that he has opened a museum by collecting cameras from many countries.
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A picture is worth a million words but do you know that the world's first photograph was taken in 1826. You will be surprised to know that the world's first photograph was taken from a window. Which was taken by French scientist Joseph Nicephore. However, the credit for turning the picture into reality goes to scientists Joseph Nicephore and Louis Daguerre. They invented the daguerreotype process. Which is the first process of photography. This invention was announced by the French government on 19 August 1839. In memory of this, World Photography Day is celebrated on this day every year.
Collection of cameras
Let us tell you that if you are fond of photography and cameras, then you can go to Gurugram to see the history of cameras, old cameras and the story of the development of cameras. There is a wonderful camera museum for you here. Let us tell you that this is not only the state's but also the country's first and largest museum of rare cameras.
Gurugram's famous photographer Aditya Arya established the Camera Museum in Sector-28 in the year 2018 with the support of Gurugram Municipal Corporation. He named it Camera Museum. This museum is built on a total of three and a half floors. According to the museum director Aditya Arya, this unique museum has an exhibition with a collection of more than 3000 old cameras and other objects. The exhibition displays cameras from ancient times to the present day, various photographic equipment, photographic images more than 200 years old and photography studios of old times.
Cameras from over 100 countries
The Camera Museum in Gurugram displays antique cameras from over 100 countries in one place for the public to see. It is a center through which the art of our time, new ideas and topics related to photography are expressed. It provides professionals and photography enthusiasts a rare opportunity to learn and experience photography. In this museum, you will find everything from exotic watch-sized cameras used for spying in the past to the K-20 camera, which captured pictures of the US plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima-Nagasaki, Japan.
