Photographers around the world are celebrating World Photo Day on Friday.The 6-year-old holiday was started to honor the daguerreotype,the first practical photographic process. Louis-Jacques-Mand Daguerre presented his invention to the world on Aug. 19, 1839.#WorldPhotoDay My 3 favorite photos of 2016 so far - No1:#myanmar #photography #beach #asia pic.twitter.com/q6kmG939iE StreetphotographyGuy (@oliverkrumes) August 19, 2016 Social media users are encouraged to tag their photos #worldphotoday to share them with the world. There are currently thousands of photos tagged with the hashtag, but we picked out some of our favorites to showcase below.Happy Snapping! #worldphotoday Easily one of my favorite photos from my trip to Everest. This planet is incredible, y'all. A photo posted by Audrey Basse (@audbasse) on Aug 19, 2016 at 6:49am PDT Henry. He lives in the field opposite me and is a lazy but gorgeous Shire. #WorldPhotoDay #horses pic.twitter.com/yUnl0Noqz8 Kate grove (@k8grove) August 19, 2016 Happy #WorldPhotoDay. A few pics of my last september trip between @Colorado and @NewMexico #Colorado #NewMexico pic.twitter.com/JfP9kNLcYu Maxence Soldier Rapp (@SoldierDirector) August 19, 2016 Happy #worldphotoday While climbing at Mt. Woodson a few months ago, a storm rolled through leaving us this beautiful rainbow! The colors in the sky were incredible! #photo #photography #landscape #getoutside #rainbow #canon #climbing A photo posted by @michael_bienick on Aug 19, 2016 at 6:48am PDT ' World Photo Day ' one of my favourite shots to date ' A photo posted by ''''''''''Daniel Stewart Hunt (@danny_s_hunt) on Aug 19, 2016 at 7:08am PDT Alston #WorldPhotoDay pic.twitter.com/wjqORBVVLp dead skin mask (@_everville_) August 19, 2016 Seen as it's #WorldPhotoDay here's one of my favorite photos. pic.twitter.com/y0mOT28gSb Cat Turner (@CatTurnerMusic) August 19, 2016 "Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like." -David Alan Harvey- Today is World Photo Day, celebrating the amazing art of photography! #worldphotoday #fbf #takemeback #allthefeels #mesaarch #canyonlandsnps #Moab #VisitMoab #Utah #utahisrad #utahgram #igutah #hike_utah #experienceutah #utahscanyoncountry #utahdotcom #womenswilderness #landscape_captures #awakethesoul #wildernessculture #she_explores #mountainstandard #mountaingirls #outdoorbella #mypubliclandsroadtrip #outdoors_society #adventureinspired #mthrworld #teamcanon A photo posted by Karen Wolf/Wolf Photography (@wkarebear) on Aug 19, 2016 at 6:45am PDT #WorldPhotoDay pic.twitter.com/Tw30KX0swD Francisca (@sw0rgh3) August 19, 2016 / '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''/''' #''' #'' #''''' #worldphotoday A photo posted by ''''' (@dash_murmur) on Aug 19, 2016 at 7:12am PDT It's World Photo Day! My shadow, my cameras and @ggt_footing while @hcpec for @westpalmsevents HB Summer Classic #worldphotoday #kristinleephotography #equinephotography #horsephotography #horsephotographer #horselove #shadow #ggt A photo posted by Kristin Lee Photography (@kristinlee_photo) on Aug 19, 2016 at 7:11am PDT On #WorldPhotoDay, children of #Yemen smile whenever pose no matter when or where :) pic.twitter.com/w5AA0J8xrA Hana Alshowafi (@Hanaalshowafi) August 19, 2016 It's #WorldPhotoDay so here's a pic I took of a frog hanging around pic.twitter.com/h4wxo28AfM Holly Martin Bates (@h_martinbates) August 19, 2016 #WorldPhotoDay Gothic Abbey@EnglishHeritage #Whitby #Yorkshire #LoveGreatBritain pic.twitter.com/ptQftz9XjL Carl Milner (@carlmilner) August 19, 2016 One year after this photo the Balkanroute is closed and people are imprisoned in Syria. #WorldPhotoDay pic.twitter.com/X80aY3aHju Erik Marquardt (@ErikMarquardt) August 19, 2016 my favorite shot in the beautiful city of #berlin taken July 06 2015... #worldphotoday #iphoneonly #travelgram #victorytower #vsco #vscocam #europe A photo posted by D-summer Solstice (@daphne_liciouz) on Aug 19, 2016 at 7:28am PDT What an appropriate picture on #WorldPhotoDay A photo posted by Terry Virts (@astro_terry) on Aug 19, 2016 at 7:35am PDT My quick entry for #WorldPhotoDay - a capture of my mother from exactly 2 weeks ago in central London pic.twitter.com/MjFsG9s6Dg Roy Ikoroha (@RoyIkoroha) August 19, 2016 As it's #worldphotoday I'm re-sharing my favourite photo I've taken. I've been fascinated with the #burjalarab for years and last year I finally got to visit and capture it looking beautiful n the sunset. #tbt #Dubai #UAE #7star #hotel #luxury #sunset #city #burj #travel #instatravel #dream #architecture A photo posted by Katy E Davison (@photographkaty) on Aug 19, 2016 at 7:37am PDT Happy #WorldPhotoDay! Here's one of my favourite photos from #Antarctica pic.twitter.com/RjB3oPdEBq Abi Goulding (@AbiGoulding13) August 19, 2016 A dog, water and a ball #WorldPhotoDay #bella pic.twitter.com/OsAoyl2JPr Carol Ann Jardine (@jardinecaj) August 19, 2016 type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=57acadc9e4b0ba7ed23f578f,57475a98e4b03ede44144e18,570d5506e4b0885fb50e84ee -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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