My aim in doing street photography is not to talk to strangers.
The truth is that how I do photos on Warsaw’s streets is not bugging other passers-by. I do not know what exactly it looks like in other countries, but in Poland, talking to strangers on the streets can be seen as a suspicious activity. People rather avoid talking with strangers on Warsaw’s streets. I would call myself an introvert, and I do not stroll on the streets to seek contact with other people. I do not need it. But why do I write about all these things? It is because since I walk in frigid temperatures in the www.adammazek.com t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers, unknown passers-by sometimes talk to me. What do they say? For example, they ask whether I am cold, tell me they are getting cold when they see me, or comment that I must be a hot guy.
Undoubtedly, the fact that some people start talking to me is a new experience in my photographic odyssey.
Do I afraid of strangers talking to me? Does it bother me? No. In general, I gently reply to them, and I end the conversation by saying that I wish them to have a nice day. In today’s text, I want to stress that more frequent talking to strangers is something I did not expect before I decided to walk in summer clothes during cold weather. I consider this phenomenon neutral to me. Still, the truth is that for most of my life, I did not want to stand out from the crowd. While doing all this crazy shit, undoubtedly, I do something new in my existence. I already wrote that wandering in frigid temperatures is a new stimulus in my life. Indeed, it is also getting out of the comfort zone. I will consider short conversations with passers-by as something new, neutral, or even positive phenomenon.
