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Celebrating 2025 World Photography Day . . .

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I picked up a camera in the late 90s and have been working as a visual journalist ever since, covering news, documentaries, and human-interest stories across the country for National and International news media’s. Presently work with european pressphoto agency / epa based in Bangladesh.

Grateful to have turned my childhood passion into a lifelong journey—over 25 years of photography, making a living, and supporting my family.

Wherever I go, I seek the life unfolding around me. My camera is always with me—through its lens I feel, I listen, I breathe. I seek stories in moments, in pictures, and in the quiet poetry of words . . .

📷 Many thanks to my beloved son MEGH 💕 took this beautiful portrait.


© Mursalin Abdullah

Happy World Photography Day 2025!

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Diary / 19 August 2025
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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World Photography Day | 19 August

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“I am very happy and thanks to all to observed WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY in 19 August………………..monirul alam”

World Photography Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Louis Daguerre.  On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift “Free to the World.”

Another photographic processes, the Calotype, was also invented in 1839 by William Fox Talbot (it was announced in 1841). Together, the invention of both the Daguerreotype and Calotype mark 1839 as the year that photography was invented.

If you’re interested in learning more about the history of photography, take a look at the following article on Wikipedia: History of Photography

View from the Window at Le Gras, the first successful permanent photograph created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826, Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Captured on 20 × 25 cm oil-treated bitumen. Due to the 8-hour exposure, the buildings are illuminated by the sun from both right and left.