Warsaw’s streets inspire me endlessly, so I feel the irresistible need to photograph them.
There’s something about street photography that’s simply irresistible. I wrote this text on the 3rd of August, 2023. It was a day when I was doing street photography for the 3rd day in a row. Luckily, the temperatures in Warsaw were moderate. The summer of 2023 is less hot than one year earlier. For me, it is good news. I prefer walking and doing street photography while there is colder outside. When I was walking today, I realized I had an irresistible need to do street photography. I decided to write down the sentence of this text on my smartphone, et viola; a few hours later, I wrote this post. The more I try to explain why I do street photography, the worse the outcome appears. Of course, I wanted to clarify this issue in the series entitled “Why?”
Nevertheless, I am dissatisfied with all my answers.
Speaking briefly, I cannot answer why I have an irresistible need to do street photography. I just have. While writing all these things, I started to wonder if other artists had the same problems. I asked myself if they could answer whether they knew why they created something out of nothing. I suppose the answers would be various, starting from what makes them joyful or having a hard-to-explain need to make art.
Yet, I find solace in the fact that I don’t have all the answers.
The same holds true for my writing. I write because I feel the need to share my thoughts, insights, and ideas with others. It’s a part of who I am. Perhaps, this is a fundamental aspect of human nature-the need to express ourselves in ways that defy explanation. And that’s okay. The world would be a dull place if we could answer all the questions and provide all the explanations.
