I always try to do artistic photography. Nevertheless, it does not mean I am not doing documentary photography with my unique and specific creative approach.
Indeed, occasionally, I am turning my focus to documentary photography. Why? Warsaw is developing, changing, and expanding. The landscape is continually evolving. Also, I already mentioned that I like to play with time. Thus, I believe that taking pictures of the same places in different years is also related to that play. Of course, I do it with an admixture of my artistry. I wrote this post on the fourth of April 2019. Then, I published it in September 2019. Between the two mentioned-above months, I was continuously taking photographs on the streets of the capital of Poland. Moreover, I have done it regularly since October 2015. During all these years of my activity, I spotted that, in some areas, Warsaw changed dramatically.
The fact is that the floating of time we can observe not only on our skin. The city is also an excellent example of how we can analyze passing by time.
For me, one of the best historical examples of such a depiction of the city are paintings made by Hiroshige. Famous XIX-th century Japanese painter’s edition of “One hundred views of Edo” is a beautiful example of Japanese art. Hiroshige painted many specific views of the city now named Tokyo. Unfortunately, we cannot see the capital of Japan in the same way that Hiroshige saw it. The capital of Japan changed rapidly. Indeed, Hiroshige became one of my favorite painters and one of the most potent inspirations to continue my photographic and artistic work. Going further, I decided to make documentary photographs of Warsaw. You can find examples in this post, my Dear Friend.
Nevertheless, as I have already written, I always try to add some artistic approaches to my images.
Also, I wrote that I love to dream aloud. Today, I want to stress that one of my dreams is to become someone for Warsaw as Hiroshige was for Edo/Tokyo. I believe that my documentary-artistic approach will pass the test of time. Is it my only goal as a photographer? No. Most of all, my primary goal is to have good fun while creating all these things.
