Today is World Photography Day 2025, 19 August 2025

It happens only once a year, the day when “clicks, snaps, and pix” are heard ’round the world. It’s World Photography Day 2025! So, exactly what does it mean? It means that you have an opportunity to showcase your best photographs to a worldwide audience. Well, actually only those people who scan Instagram for the tag #WorldPhotographyDay will be able to see, like and comment on your photographs. No matter, it’s not about fame and fortune, it’s about fun and photos!

So how does WPD work? Simple, you take a photograph that exalts the art, craft, science, and history of photography, upload your masterpiece to Instagram, and tag your contribution with #WorldPhotographyDay. Oh, and you aren’t specifically limited to Instagram. Feel free to spread your photo goodness on every social media outlet. Just remember to use that tag for expressing solidarity with WPD.

Is it a Day or a Week? World Photography Day is Both

You can keep your finger on the pulse of this event by cruising over to the WPD photo gallery. One landmark goal for this year’s event is to accumulate 1,500,000 social media tags for 2025. So do your part and get tag happy.

Oddly enough, the day when we celebrate photography is actually part of World Photography Week. This is a 14-day umbrella event, August 12, 2025 through August 26, 2025, of which WPD is its star attraction. Confusingly, participants of World Photography Week use the tag #WorldPhotographyWeek for their social media posts. Regardless, World Photography Day has been celebrated for 34 years so let’s help keep that dream alive.

You can find more information on the World Photography Week and Day websites. So, Photographers, let’s celebrate our favorite art and craft. And not just today, but whenever possible.

Enjoy.

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