Today (I wrote this text on the 26th of January, 2026 – it was my second written text on that day), I will write something about expectations regarding street photography.
The truth is that I do not have any expectations regarding doing street photography. I do not know what to expect from this tremendous activity. Undoubtedly, I know that I don’t expect to find wealth, comfort, or fame by doing it. The same is true for writing and managing my blog. I believe I’ve already written a similar text, in which I wrote about my expectations that I do not expect anything from creative endeavors. Still, if something is worth repeating, I do it. Today, I was walking in my beloved Mokotów district. While walking, I was tremendously grateful that I could simply walk. I took over 11k steps and over 150 pictures. I was enjoying the mundane reality.
While walking and feeling the childish joy of the possibility to move and to realize myself by taking photos, I asked myself, not for the first time in my life, a question about my expectations regarding my artistic activities.
The only thing I know is that I do not want to be famous and rich by doing all these things. I believe that fame would disrupt me from doing what I am doing. Of course, sometimes my vanity whispers some visuals to my imagination. For example, I am being interviewed by a famous TV host, and a movie is being made about me. Then, I woke up, happy that it was only a nightmare. I do think money and fame would help me anyhow in my creative play. Ok, money could help it, but the fact that I work in a broadly defined finance area is my advantage. Why? It is not only that I am an independent artist. It restricts my time so that I do not think that I let time slip through my fingers.
