I’ve never written a catchy and cliche phrase about how I love my photographs.
My photographs are not just images, they are a part of me, a reflection of my soul. I love them with a passion that words can’t fully capture. The more I do street photography, the more I strive for more. I wrote this text on the 7th of January, 2024. It was a day when I was doing street photography wearing summer clothes (including the www.adammazek.com t-shirt). At the same time, it was -6 degrees Celsius (21.2 degrees Fahrenheit). I took 7.000 footsteps within one hour. Why haven’t I walked longer? Was I afraid? Yes. I must admit it. I was worried my fingers would hurt too much. I am not a Demigod, just a human deeply connected to my art.
Being robust and walking for two hours in frigid temperatures is impossible whenever I do it.
I am only a human. Today, I want to stress that I not only love my photographs (shoot them, watch them, analyze and edit in the Lightroom). The process of analyzing and editing my pictures is a deeply personal and introspective journey. It allows me to relive the moments I captured and to enhance the emotions they convey. But I also love freezing my body in coldness. This physical discomfort, in a way, is a testament to my dedication to my craft. Of course, I know that during the whole process of freezing my body (I started doing it in the Fall/Winter season between 2021/2022), I will have some worse days when my fear will partially win over me.
Why only partially? It is because, after all, I exposed my body to frigid temperatures for one hour.
I do not know if you know someone wearing summer clothes who can walk for at least one hour in freezing temperatures. I do not know such a human except myself. Uups, I forgot I wanted to write that I loved my pictures. Nothing changed since October 2015 in this case. The way I handle my photographs is one of the best ways for me to relax while lying on the couch. When I lie on the couch, I do not watch Netflix. Usually, I write and prepare a subsequent post for my blog by mixing texts and photos from the past. While watching the last one, I realized I simply love my pictures.
