I am not a press photographer. I feel more as a narrator, writer, who instead of holding a pen uses his camera. Instead of sketching in a notebook I use Tumblr, instead of writing books I post on my blog, insted of creating volumes of poetry I make artbooks. To better understand the rules of storytelling I studied Polish literature. To learn how to frame the world I studied cinematography. To see all the shades of black and white, I learned painting. However the best lesson was simple observation of life on the streets and stories of people I met by talking to homeless, friends or random people on the subway. I try to discover unreality in reality. I document nuances of the world and show its magic. Oftern it’s something we wouldn’t like to see or our eyesight is too limited to notice. The situations and people I meet fascinate me and I want to share them with others, regardless if it happens in Szczecin, New York or Johannesburg.
Bartosz Mateńko
