Discussions of group: World Photography Day - August 19

2026 - WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER? - A conversation about your photographic day [discussion will open August 19th]

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:01:13 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Here or on your submitted photo's page:
Share your experience of taking a photograph on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026.

Examples:

Did you feel connected to the rest of the world?

Did thinking about a photographer you admire bring you to a new direction in your photograph?

Did the desire for a good photo take you to a new place in your world?

What struggles did you encounter?

How was this year's experience different than a prior year?

Group Rules 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:03:56 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Photographs should be taken on Wednesday, August 19th 2026.

This year add the name of A PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE WORK YOU APPRECIATE in the description!

It's fun to go explore other photographer's work and choose someone that appeals to you. For example: Are you a nature photographer? Have you perused Ansel Adams photos recently? What about street photography? There's always more to investigate about Henri Cartier-Bresson! Or do women photographers interest you? The fairly newly discovered Vivian Maier could be of interest. And of course there are many current photographers worth our attention. One place to look for those is in this list "www.all-about-photo.com/photo-articles/photo-article/1888/best-rising-photographers-of-june-2025"

Maybe you will even be inspired to try and imitate that Photographer - but no pressure! The only requirement for your photo is that it is taken on August 19th.

GUIDELINES FOR YOUR SUBMISSION
1) One photo per photographer.

2) As always, all levels of expertise are accepted.

3) Please add the Keyword "World Photography Day" to your photo.

4) Include a photographer's name in your photo's description - someone whose work you admire.

5) This year, please do not add additional images in the description or add PiP. This will force us all to edit our photos to pick which we really want to share with the group. Good editing is an essential photographic skill!

6) Submissions accepted to the group from August 19th to about 2 weeks after the official World Photography Day (through the end of August).

7) Submit your one best, important, and/or special photograph from the day.

8) Any type of photograph will be accepted.

9) The photo may be modified with any method if you so choose,
but please, no "created" images (for example your own painting, or an image created by a text prompt).

We encourage detailed descriptions about your photo and/or why you chose your photo. This is to help engage everyone in the event by encouraging discussions. So, if possible please consider including a description of your experience taking your photograph. This could be why you chose your subject, how you couldn't get out of the house so you had to photograph something you don't normally choose, how you made a special trip to get your special photograph, or even the technical methods you used, etc.
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A few extra points:

** People can only suggest their own photos, as it is a personal decision what photos people consider to be their best, their important, their special photographs.

** Technical perfection is not required to participate.

** It is understood that some people will have conflicts outside their control and so we will accept photographs taken on August 18th, or 20th on a case by case basis. We are a friendly club, not harsh rule enforcers. Please understand if you see a submission accepted to the group that was taken on a different day.

** Note - While you have to become a member of the group to add your photo, you can then leave the group if you so desire while leaving your photo in the group.

2025 - WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER? - A conversation about your photographic day

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:55:54 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Here or on your submitted photo's page:
Share your experience of taking a photograph on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025.

Examples:

Did you feel connected to the rest of the world?

Were you drawn to photograph something you love?

Did the desire for a good photo take you to a new place in your world?

What struggles did you encounter?

How was this year's experience different than a prior year?

Group Rules - 2025

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:48:04 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Photographs should be taken on Tuesday, August 19th.

One photo per photographer. You may add one additional photo taken on August 19th by including it in the description of your first photo - this is just an option.

Submissions accepted to the group from August 19th to about 2 weeks after the offical World Photography Day (through the end of August).

Submit your one best, important, and/or special photograph from the day.

Any photographs that are a celebration of the art, craft, science and/or history of photography will be considered for inclusion in the group.

We encourage detailed descriptions about your photo and/or why you chose your photo. This is to help engage everyone in the event by encouraging discussions. So, if possible please consider including a description of your experience taking your photograph. This could be why you chose your subject, how you couldn't get out of the house so you had to photograph something you don't normally choose, how you made a special trip to get your special photograph, or even the technical methods you used, etc.
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A few extra points:

**People can only suggest their own photos, as it is a personal decision what photos people consider to be their best, their important, their special photographs.

**Technical perfection is not required to participate.

** It is understood that some people will have conflicts outside their control and so we will accept photographs taken on August 18th, or 20th on a case by case basis. We are a friendly club, not harsh rule enforcers. Please understand if you see a submission accepted to the group that was taken on a different day.

** It is suggested that one adds the keyword "World Photography Day" to one's photo.

2024 - WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER? - A conversation about your photographic day

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:38:12 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Share your experience of taking a photograph on Monday, August 19th, 2024.

Examples:

Did you feel connected to the rest of the world?

Were you drawn to photograph something you love?

Did the desire for a good photo take you to a new place in your world?

What struggles did you encounter?

How was this year's experience different than a prior year?

GROUP RULES - 2024

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:22:06 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Photographs should be taken on Monday, August 19th.

One photo per photographer. (As in 2023, for 2024 you may add one additional photo taken on August 19th by including it in the description of your first photo - this is just an option.)

Submissions accepted to the group from August 19th to about 2 weeks after the offical World Photography Day (through the end of August).

Submit your one best, important, and/or special photograph from the day.

Any photographs that are a celebration of the art, craft, science and/or history of photography will be considered for inclusion in the group.

We encourage detailed descriptions about your photo and/or why you chose your photo. This is to help engage everyone in the event by encouraging discussions. So, if possible please consider including a description of your experience taking your photograph. This could be why you chose your subject, how you couldn't get out of the house so you had to photograph something you don't normally choose, how you made a special trip to get your special photograph, or even the technical methods you used, etc.
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A few extra points:

**People can only suggest their own photos, as it is a personal decision what photos people consider to be their best, their important, their special photographs.

**Technical perfection is not required to participate.

** It is understood that some people will have conflicts outside their control and so we will accept photographs taken on August 18th, or 20th on a case by case basis. We are a friendly club, not harsh rule enforcers. Please understand if you see a submission accepted to the group that was taken on a different day.

** It is suggested that one adds the keyword "World Photography Day" to one's photo.

SUGGESTIONS FOR 2024

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:22:45 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

Add any suggestions you have for next year's event here.

2023 - WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER? - A conversation about your photographic day

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 05:03:53 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Share your experience of taking a photograph on Saturday, August 19th, 2023.

Examples:

Did you feel connected to the rest of the world?

Were you drawn to photograph something you love?

Did the desire for a good photo take you to a new place in your world?

What struggles did you encounter?

GROUP RULES - 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Tue, 30 May 2023 00:15:20 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Photographs should be taken on August 19th.

One photo per photographer.
For 2023 you may add a second photo taken on August 19th by including it in the
description of your first photo - this is just an option.

Submissions accepted to the group from August 19th to about 2 weeks after the offical World Photography Day.

Any photographs that are a celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography will be considered for inclusion in the group.

People can only suggest their own photos, as it is a personal decision what photos people consider to be their best, their important, their special photographs.

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A few extra points:

** It is understood that some people will have conflicts outside their control and so we will accept photographs taken on August 18th, or 20th on a case by case basis. We are a friendly club, not harsh rule enforcers. Please understand if you see a submission accepted to the group that was taken on a different day.

** It is suggested that one adds the keyword "World Photography Day" to one's photo.)

** We encourage detailed descriptions about your photo and/or why you chose your photo. This is to help engage everyone in the event by encouraging discussions.

2022 - THANK YOU TO ALL OUR WORDLY PARTICIPANTS!

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:26:47 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

I hope you enjoyed the 2nd annual ipernity club special event.

Please feel free to continue to add comments and also to add to any of the discussions.

Perhaps you can consider the group's discussions a place to talk about photography in general, or to ask questions you may have about a specific photograph, or to share something related but beyond World Photography Day you think people would like to know about.

Also, feel free to link to our group on any social media you may participate in, or share the link with your family and friends outside of ipernity.

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Contributions are now closed for the year. I think everyone who joined the group got a chance to participate. You might want to check out the photos that showed up between August 19th and August 31st - they were all taken on August 19th and deserve our attention as well.

You will see there is now a group discussion about if we want to change the focus and rules of the 2023 event.

For now, thank you to all who participated this year. I hope it was enlightening and enjoyable for all.

peace,
laura (ima team)

p.s. This really was a world event with at least the following countries represented (not everyone makes public their location, so there could easily be more than these).

Peru
Portugal
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Australia
France
Italy
Canada
Portugal

Should we change our format for the 2023 event?

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:22:59 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

PLEASE ADD HERE ANY CHANGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR IPERNITY'S 2023 WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT.
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For two years we have celebrated World Photography Day by taking a photograph on that day, August 19th, then sharing it in the group.

There have been some suggestions made to change this format.

This group discussion is the place to make those suggestions public.

Once ideas have been made here, we can discuss if any changes will be made for 2023.
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Please note that so far I have been the only person running the event. Some ideas for changes may not be feasible because of that. But please feel free to make all suggestions here.

2022 - WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER? - A conversation about your photographic day

nobody@ipernity.com (Team) — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:32:05 +0000

Team has started a discussion:

Share your experience of taking a photograph on Friday, August 19th, 2022.

Examples:

Did you feel connected to the rest of the world?
Were you drawn to photograph something you love?
Did the desire for a good photo take you to a new place in your world?
What struggles did you encounter?

GROUP RULES - 2022

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 18:05:54 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

Photographs must be taken on August 19th.

One photo per photographer.

Submissions accepted to the group from August 19th to about 2 weeks after the offical World Photography Day.

Any photographs that are a celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography will be considered for inclusion in the group.

People can only suggest their own photos, as it is a personal decision what photos people consider to be their best, their important, their special photographs.

----------------------------
A few extra points:

** It is understood that some people will have conflicts outside their control and so we will accept photographs taken on August 18th, or 20th on case by case basis. We are a friendly club, not harsh rule enforcers. Please understand if you see a submission accepted to the group that was taken on a different day.

** It is suggested that one adds the keyword "World Photography Day" to ones photo.)

2021 - THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 06:28:22 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

I hope you enjoyed our club's special event. I am still making my way through all the great photographs. Please feel free to continue to add comments and also to add to any of the discussions.

Perhaps you can consider the group's discussions a place to talk about photography in general, or to ask questions you may have about a specific photograph, or to share something related but beyond World Photography Day you think people would like to know about.

Also, feel free to link to our group on any social media you may participate in, or share the link with your family and friends outside of ipernity.

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Contributions are now closed for the year. I think everyone who joined the group got a chance to participate. You might want to check out the photos that showed up between August 19th and August 31st - they were all taken on August 19th and deserve our attention as well.

Sometime well before next year's event we will have a discussion about if we want to change the focus and rules.

For now, thank you to all who participated. I hope it was enlightening and enjoyable for all.

peace,
laura (ima team)

QUESTION

nobody@ipernity.com (Annaig BZH) — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:40:30 +0000

Annaig BZH has started a discussion:

je fais suite à la discussion de Sami... et la réponse d'Anna, il ne sera pas évident pour moi de prendre une bonne photo spéciale le jour du 19 .... car tout dépend du temps et je n'ai pas la santé pour prévoir à l'avance je fais selon mes moyens au jour le jour et il y a dans mes pages des photos qui seront réellement mieux lors d'un événement particulier pour lesquelles j'aurais beaucoup de chose à raconter dommage de nous fixer si peu de temps
il y a 15 heures. Modifié il y a 15 heures. pas de réponse sur le post de sami,,,,

2021 WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER? - A conversation about your photographic day

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:05:52 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

Share your experience of taking a photograph on Thursday, August 19th, 2021.

Examples:

Did you feel connected to the rest of the world?
Were you drawn to photograph something you love?
Did the desire for a good photo take you to a new place in your world?
What struggles did you encounter?

POSTING SUGGESTIONS - 2025

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:02:30 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

1) You only get one photo for the year, so try to choose a photo that you consider your best photo, the photo that is special to you, the photo that has special meaning to you - taken on August 19th, of course.

2) Please consider including a description about your photo - why you chose it for the group.
Simple is okay - lots of details and info is okay also. We hope to inspire conversations around photography, anything of interest to you. That could be history, equipment, methods, subject matter, etc.

3) Add the keyword "World Photography Day" to your photo.

Please feel free to start a discussion or join in the 'What did you discover' discussion for this year. One can include a photo from the group through html, or simply include a url.

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Note - While you have to become a member of the group to add your photo, you can then leave the group if you so desire while leaving your photo in the group.

We continue to allow a second photo, but only as included in the description of your one submitted photo - A second photo may be included in your description of your main photo. This photo must also be taken on August 19th, 2025.

testing html for picture posting in discussion

nobody@ipernity.com (raingirl) — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 20:46:49 +0000

raingirl has started a discussion:

The day when contribution should be taken

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:31:24 +0000

Sami Serola (inactive) has started a discussion:

A question. Should the contribution be taken on official photography day, August 19th?