The more I do street photography, the more I feel that the act of photographing is more crucial than what I photograph.
I wrote many times that I trusted the process. Even though I cannot precisely write why I do street photography, I believe there is an unspoken sense to this activity. If you see pictures published on my blog, my Dear Friend, you will see that there are almost all the elements we can find in each city. That’s why, for me, the act of photographing is much more crucial than the object found in the cityscape. After all, I also photograph garbage lying on the ground or other strange things.
I frequently try to see all my creative activities over an extended period.
For example, I hope to be artistically active for the next sixty years (I wrote this text on the 25th of May 2025, while I am forty). I try to observe everything I photograph or write as if it were done in one relatively short period. That’s why I believe only people who would examine my photos and my texts after my death would have a complete view of my artistic oeuvre. Time perspective is crucial in terms of analyzing works of art. That’s why, in my case, analyzing the process that (I hope) would last the subsequent decades is much more important than analyzing what one actually sees in my photos.
I do not know the aim of my artistic activity.
I do not know why I write; besides, I want to share my thoughts with others. How happy I am that I do not have to know the answers to all the questions. What do I photograph? I photograph practically everything that catches my eye on Warsaw’s streets. That’s the way it is. I will stop writing. I must take a rest.
