Commemoration of World Photography Day: GCGL Photo Editor schools students on photography
The Photo Editor of Graphic Communications Group Ltd, Douglas Anane-Frimpong, has held a photography workshop for students of the Tema Technical Institute as part of activities to commemorate this year’s World Photography Day.
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The event was organised by the Ghana Photojournalists Network, in collaboration with the Tema Technical Institute, in Tema, in the Greater Accra Region last Monday. EKGS Culinary Institute sponsored the event.
The workshop aimed to expose the students to photography techniques and the distinct characteristics of photojournalism as a separate undertaking from photography.
The exercise involved a question and answer session, practicals and theory delivery sessions.
Global day
World Photography Day is commemorated on August 19, annually. The theme for this year’s celebration was: “An entire day.” The day had been celebrated globally since 2010.
It is an internationally recognised day for photographers "to share their world with the world" through a single photo.
In 2020, the network collaborated with the Ministry of Information to commemorate the day with a photo exhibition on COVID-19.
And in 2022, it partnered the Forestry Commission to plant trees in Accra, while in 2023, it collaborated with the Ghana Tourism Authority to organise a photo walk at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra.
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Activities
Mr Anane-Frimpong, who is also an executive member of the network, mentored the prospective photojournalists on the intricacies of the profession, including how to capture dramatic scenes and caption writing.
The President of the network, David Andoh, also made a presentation on photojournalism and its impact on society, while another member of the network, Daniel Amo, spoke on ethics in photojournalism and safety of photojournalists.
The students were later taken to Tema New Town for a field training.
History
On August 19,1939, the French government released the Daguerreotype Patent to make photographic process "free to the world".
It was the day the French government purchased a patent for the Daguerreotype process.
Unlike modern-day photographs, daguerreotypes were cast on solid metal plates, making it the first commercially successful photography system.
For many photographers, it marked the turning point that subsequently led to the creation of other types of photography.
It was Louis Daguerre who developed the groundbreaking photography process that was later offered for free to the world via the patent.
