World Photography Day

19 Aug 2014

To celebrate World Photography Day, we asked our readers to send us their thoughts on what photography means to them. The best entry would win a special prize. We received several fantastic entries on our Facebook and Twitter accounts, and here is a collection of the best ones.

Twitter Entries:

@betterphoto photography means to me the meaning of my Birth !!! #photographyday pic.twitter.com/evpN4eLTJQ

— ___Ќąβɨя ツ (@imkabiir) August 18, 2014

Photography is happily capturing moments of life 🙂 #photographyday @betterphoto

— Nandini (@bandhunandu) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto Photography is finding God in small things… 🙂 #photographyday pic.twitter.com/Dl6YLBR6yu — Ameya Malwatkar (@me_ameya) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto #photographyday Photography is attraction, Photography Day is celebration… — Harish Halemane (@HarishHalemane) August 18, 2014

#photographyday @betterphoto pic.twitter.com/gqetxRKIGR

— francois fourie (@tjirels) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto In a word, photography to me is: transformation. The ordinary becomes extraordinary when viewed through a lens. #photographyday — Gigi Ramirez (@alandgigi1) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto #Photography is capturing a random moment in life as we see and experience it. — Krishnam | कृष्णम (@iamkrishnam) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto photography means finding the beautiful side of everything you see #photographyday pic.twitter.com/u0CbXhJlwx

— sanal (@sanalpb) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto photography for me is to explore the dynamic beauty of the nature n feel them through my camera. #photographyday — Rishabh Sinha (@imrishabhsinha) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto Photography is an art to show world what I see through my eye and camera. It’s a way to show how beautiful this world is 🙂

— Kshitij Sharma (@_kshitij_sharma) August 18, 2014

#photography is painting in an art, a heart, a passion, not a brand, not a trend. #photographyday @betterphoto

— Galuh A. Kusuma (@gaLcreative) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto photography is capturing moments tht u can relive anytime.we mte forget thing but caught on film for lifetime. #photographyday — Himadri Garg (@himadrigarg) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto Photography to me means dreaming, exploring and reinventing… #photographyday

— MSrideviPhoto (@MSrideviPhoto) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto photography means capturing time #photographyday — sanal (@sanalpb) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto Photography for me is dreaming with open eyes 🙂 #photographyday pic.twitter.com/HVeSmoYTXg

— Ameya Malwatkar (@me_ameya) August 18, 2014

Photography I do in a click, and then for me it means a lot, measures in thousands, remember for lifetime…:) #photographyday @betterphoto — Anurag Kumar (@aksproduction) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto #photographyday photography is way of living for me.it help me to understand the world.

— bittu (@funloveraap) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto photography means to me a great feeling of satisfaction… my clicks are my kids 🙂 #photographyday — ___Ќąβɨя ツ (@imkabiir) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto Photography is a way to make everyone else experience/feel, what you did. #photographyday

— Rishabh Agarwal (@rish404) August 18, 2014

A photograph is a slice of time to make the sandwich of life more interesting. #photographyday @betterphoto — Star walker (@dhruvplays) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto #Photography is a state of mind ! #photographyday

— Navdeep Soni (@navdeepsoni) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto Photography is making proof of memory. #photographyday — Ridhima (@RidhimaChawda) August 18, 2014

@betterphoto photography is documenting the observed past for the unseen future #photographyday

— Paromita Deb Areng (@suddentwilight) August 18, 2014

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And the winner of the contest is: