Latest posts – Adam Mazek Photography

Undoubtedly, the period in which I lived for historians and cyber-archeologists would be interesting.

What is the most potent weapon of the US? For me, it is Michael Jackson.

In today’s post, I want to write about a painful experience.

Undoubtedly, the war in Ukraine cast a shadow on the whole of Europe and most parts of the world. Still, today (I wrote this text on the 4th of November, ...

I won’t write in this post about the magnificent Steven Spielberg movie entitled “Duel.”

When I woke up on the 2nd of November, 2023, one sweet dream came true. How it happened?

When I get up after 6 a.m. before work, the last thing I want to do is get into an icy shower.

I was afraid of pain, challenges, and loss for most of my life. Today (I wrote this text on the 31st of October, 2022), I am not scared of it anymore.

Throughout my whole life, I felt I needed something to breathe.

Life is a game where you can’t lose. We call the end of the game “death.”

It’s not external factors and the world that decide how I feel but my mind.

I think such is our human nature deceitful that, as a rule, beautiful photos are simply lovely and “easy to digest” for recipients.

In the post “Accept lack of knowledge,” I do not want to encourage accepting the lack of knowledge in your professional job.

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Przed Państwem pięćdziesiąty pierwszy numer e-booka Adama Mazek, pt. „Dzienniki 01.2020 cz. I”. For the English version, click here. Zapraszam do lektury! POBIERZ PDF

I have loved watching strangers’ faces on the streets for many years.

I do not empty my mind by drinking alcohol or doing drugs. So how do I do it?

Do not follow me, my Der Friend. Forget all my advice and follow your own intuition.

When I go out to do street photography, I often tell myself I do not want to take great shots and have remarkable ideas to write down.

When I have a problem or issue, I always try to imagine the worst possible scenario.

“Accept cold” – these were the first words I told myself when I walked in cold temperatures yesterday.

I was ignorant in terms of the Beatles’ music.

I will never write my autobiography because many pieces of it you will find on the www.adammazek.com website.

Do I listen to music albums while doing street photography? The answer is simple: no.

Last time I wondered whether I began appreciating quantity over quality in my writing.

Do I manage to write one text daily for the whole of 2022?

It’s been one month of publishing one post daily. I wrote the current text on the 14th of October, 2022.

Last time I realized I often use the “The older I am…” phrase. Thus, I decided to write with this title to link it to terms from the past.

Without self-discipline, I would not write one text daily and take thousands of pictures yearly.

This post refers to the post entitled “Mindless Consumerism” (written on the 15th of January, 2022). I wrote there that I was not born to earn and spend money.

To paraphrase Fleetwood Mac’s awesome, optimistic song “Don’t Stop,” I want to encourage you, my Dear Friend, to stop thinking about tomorrow and forget about good and bad times.

Today (I wrote this text on the 9th of October, 2022), I will try to explain why appearances can be deceptive.

Last time I heard an interesting theory regarding watching photographs from vacations. What was theory?

This post’s title is a quote from Eric Burdon and The Animals’ song “Sky Pilot.”

The longer I live, the more I feel we do not need the meaning of life to be happy.

Sometimes I like to cut myself off from the world, not through drinking alcohol or physical escape, but through music.

The more I do street photography, the more I see and feel the world is bizarrely beautiful.

My personal and creative rule regarding naming my photographs is to give them a name for everything that is out of the vision of the image.

It’s been seven years of regularly doing street photography.