Latest posts – Adam Mazek Photography

I wrote this text on the 18th of December, 2025. It was a day when I realized, not for the first time in my life, that music helps me overcome fatigue.

Undoubtedly, in my case, thinking is doing.

Every time I look through my photos and post them on my blog, I remember and confirm that what I am doing makes sense.

The title of this song is a quotation of one of Led Zeppelin’s most magical songs, “Over the Hills and Far Away.”

Did Adam and Eve leave the paradise because it was too dull?

Undoubtedly, physically, I am ready to increase the weight of my rucksack while rucking. Still, am I mentally ready for it?

It’s time to sleep, because tomorrow (I wrote this text on the 12th of December, 2025) I will be doing street photography.

The more I take pictures on Warsaw’s streets, the more I feel I aim to find divinity in all things via street photography.

When I had a lack of energy while rucking, I listened to Led Zeppelin songs or hummed them deep in my mind. The last mental activity gives a new energy ...

The longer I write, do street photography, and manage the www.adammazek.com blog, the more I realize that the aim of my artistic activity is to remain productive for as long ...

The title of this text is a quote from a post written in the past entitled “Sometimes I do not have enough mental resources to write something profound.”

Sometimes my life is such a chaotic whirlwind (mainly due to my office job) that I hardly have any time for myself.

I wrote this on the 6th of December, 2025, on Saturday, with a fresh mind.

The title of this text is a quote and refers to the great The Smiths’ song “What Difference Does It Make.”

What was first? Desire to walk or desire to photograph?

The more I watch bizarre Zdzislaw Beksinski’s paintings, analyze creepy HR Giger’s artworks, or admire the fantasy world created by Frank Frazetta, the more I appreciate and embrace the real ...

I wanted to write this text within fifteen minutes, so I set a time limitation for myself to explore how constraints shape my discipline and focus.

In terms of welcoming the unwelcome, I believe that the keyword is “accepting.”

Unpredictability in street photography is what makes it so captivating and worth exploring.

Today, on the 29th of November, 2025, I had my first photo walk, without a single break, with the rucksack weighing 37.5 kg (83 lbs).

I wrote the “Tomorrow, I will be doing street photography!” text on the 28th of November, 2025.

I wrote this text on the 26th of November, while being fatigued.

Today (I wrote this text on the 25th of November, 2025), I came back to reality. What does it mean?

I wrote the “It’s time to ruck!” text on the 24th of November, 2025. It was a day when we returned from Zakopane to Warsaw. Together with my beloved Kamilka, ...

I wrote this text on the 23rd of November, 2025. It was a day when I had the last day of feasting.

I wrote this text on the 22nd of November, 2025. It was a day when I asked myself if I could manage to write one text daily during my short ...

I wrote the “A few minutes to write a text” post on the 21st of November, 2025, while in Zakopane.

I wrote the text “I eat; thus, I live?” on the 20th of November, 2025. It was our second day while being in Zakopane, the capital of the Polish Tatra Mountains.

Today (I wrote this text on the 18th of November, 2025), before I started walking and doing street photography, I told myself I wanted nothing while doing it.

Each time I realize I have nothing to write, nowhere to go, and nothing to photograph, I simultaneously realize that I can write whatever my mind tells me, go wherever ...

The more I do street photography in summer clothes (including the www.adammazek.com t-shirt) in frigid temperatures while wearing a heavy rucksack, the more I realize I am a pioneer in ...

Today (I wrote this text on the 16th of November, 2025), I will write about the upcoming break from rucking. What is the reason for it?

According to Dostoevsky, work is a voluntary sacrifice of one’s own well-being for the benefit of others.

Text “Can I write for the whole night long?” was the fifth text I wrote on the 15th of November, 2025.

When I was doing street photography on the 11th of November, 2025, in the Wlochy district, I noticed a place (not for the first time in my life, as I ...

Doing street photography is a privilege. War in Ukraine reminds me of it.

Writing new texts and scheduling posts on my blog is like the ticking of a clock or the beating of a heart: I never know if the text I’m writing ...

In today’s post (I wrote it on the 15th of November, 2025), I will try to explain when I will increase the weight of my rucksack for rucking.

I’ve been doing street photography for over 10 years, and today I want to stress that it’s only the beginning of my creative journey.