I wrote the “Street Photography Life” text on the 4th of June, 2026.
It was a day when I was walking (I took almost 13k steps), rucking (I had a rucksack weighing 40.5 kg [89 lbs]), and doing street photography (I took over 150 pictures). While walking, taking breaks on benches (I took three – I am not a powerful demigod), I was contemplating many things, including my lifestyle. Not for the first time in my life, I was thinking that I could name my existence “Street Photography Life,” because almost everything I do, I analyze how this thing could influence my photo walk. For example, I am thinking about how the next days of my professional work would influence the possibility or impossibility of my potential walk. For example, I ask myself whether occurrences “X” and “Y” will influence the length of my walk.
Does it mean I cannot stop thinking about doing street photography?
Sometimes, yes. I think I could name it obsession. I am obsessed because I know that in each place, in each minute, we can do great photos. When I am not doing it, I feel that I am losing something. I think one can get crazy while thinking about it all the time. Luckily, rucking helps me to stay grounded as I still feel the invisible hand slowing me down while walking with a heavy rucksack. Now I recall that before today’s walk, I was reading books about street photography (there was a bank holiday in Poland on that day, so I did not have to work).
Undoubtedly, I am obsessed with taking pictures on Warsaw’s streets, but I think that my relationship with street photography is healthy. I dream of becoming the most prolific street photographer who has ever stomped on this planet. Keep your fingers crossed for me, my Dear Friend.
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