I do not need physical traveling because I always travel in my mind while doing street photography.
For most of my life, I believed I must travel to take great photos. I thought there were only astonishing photographs possible while traveling far away from home. How wrong I was! Today (I wrote this text on the 16th of July, 2022), I know that the best pictures I take in my neighborhood in Warsaw. There are streets, roads, and paths on which I walk for thousandths times, and they do not bore me.
Moreover, I still create great photographs in Warsaw. I do not need external stimuli to make new things, such as taking pictures or writing. What I need is the love of my beloved Kamilka and parents, intermittent fasting, and exposure my body to cold and silence.
What about traveling? Where is the place for it?
If we go on vacation, it would be ok. If we won’t go on holiday, that would also be awesome. I do not travel to live fully. I do not need it. The truth is that I created a myth in my mind, heart, and soul that I must travel to live and take photos. It was a false belief. Thanks to street photography, I do something like slow tourism. While doing it, I frequently daydream. I rock in the clouds. Speaking shortly: I love doing it. I do not need new external stimuli from other cities and countries to be creative.
While walking along Warsaw’s streets, I feel like a Martian who has just landed on an alien planet. This Martian is curious about everything that is happening around him. That’s why I do not need physical travel. Whenever I do street photography, I feel like traveling to many places and talking with many people deep in my mind.
