I wrote this text during the height of the season for street photography.
To be more precise, I wrote it on the 13th of April, 2022. It was the 7th day in a row that I wandered through Warsaw’s streets and took photos. A euphoric state of mind appears in my head every time I think about walking and doing street photography. I suppose longer, early spring days are also responsible for my positive state of mind. I feel that my organism is being reborn after long and cold winter.
Yesterday it was 9 degrees Celsius (48,2 degrees Fahrenheit) outside. I consider such temperatures as the ones I can still cool down my body. It was genuinely tremendous to walk and feel sun rays shining straight to my face and, at the same time, feel cold air. I wish such sunny days could appear more frequently in Poland. Undoubtedly, I consider the 2022 height of the season for street photography as a beautiful time. When I remind myself that I live with my beautiful Kamilka and love her, I feel I do not need anything more to be happy.
Ok, there is probably one thing that could change.
It is a war in Ukraine. Atrocities that are taking place in Ukraine are something I hope will be over soon. I hope Ukrainians will push every Russian soldier back to hell or Moscow. I think that millions of other Europeans and I did not believe we would live during times of war in Europe. Still, such bad days have come to us, and we must all get used to it and face it somehow. I am continually donating money for Ukrainian refugees, and I hope that during the middle of spring, they will celebrate victory over fucking Putin’s army. As you see, my Dear Friend, the height of the season for street photography in 2022 was mixed with my joy of life with the fear of war.
