The Next 100 Million Stories

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More than 222,000 of my photos have been downloaded for free, and I’m proud of that, because it means my work has already reached many people. In recent weeks, I’ve been working on the Transience series, and now I want to earn the money for a Hasselblad camera through my work, so I can create even more. At selected contribution levels, I offer limited edition works and sessions. Click "READ MORE" to see what I have prepared in return.

My photographs have already been viewed over 95 million times on Pexels and Google Maps alone. That is only part of the story. Now I want to create the next chapter with a professional Hasselblad system. I am raising 30,190 EUR for a complete photographic system that will allow me to create stronger, more detailed, and lasting images.

This campaign is not only about the camera.

When I have this tool, I will continue my mission and keep offering some of my work for free, just as I have before.

What you can receive

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You can support this campaign with any amount.

For those who would like to receive something in return, I have prepared several support levels connected with my photographic work, my archive and my limited fine art series Transience.

Support options include:

50 EUR: Digital Archive Pack, 115 photographs

250 EUR: Small Transience print

800 EUR: Main Transience print

1,150 EUR: Collector Set

2,500 EUR: Two photo sessions

5,000 EUR: Founding Collector, private session + unique Transience work

Important note:

Each support level describes the reward assigned to that specific amount.

Rewards are not cumulative by default. This means that choosing a higher support level does not automatically include the rewards from the lower levels.

If you would like to combine several rewards or discuss a custom patronage package, please contact me before contributing.

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50 EUR | Digital Archive Pack | 115 Photographs

You will receive a curated digital pack of 115 selected photographs from my archive.

These are images I have chosen personally because I want to share a part of the visual world that brought me here.

I trust that the next important images in my journey will be created with the Hasselblad system funded through this campaign.

The files will be delivered as high-resolution JPEG images for personal use.

This is a way to support the campaign and receive a generous piece of my archive in return.

Copyright remains with Piotr Arnoldes.

Personal use only. Commercial use, resale, redistribution, sublicensing, uploading to stock platforms, publication as stock images, use in advertising, products, branding, websites, social media for brands or AI training datasets is not included.

Preview of the Digital Archive Pack.

The full pack includes 115 selected photographs from my personal archive, delivered as high-resolution JPEG files for personal use only. The image above shows only selected photographs from the pack. The preview is meant to show the mood, range and variety of the archive. Supporters of the Digital Archive Pack will receive the final high-resolution JPEG files.

A full thumbnail preview of all 115 images is available here:

Link: View the full Digital Archive Pack preview

PDF file • approx. 44 MB • hosted on Dropbox

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Limited Fine Art Prints: Transience Series

The Transience series is based on my original photographs of soap bubbles and thin liquid films.

Their surfaces exist only for a moment. Light, colour and movement appear, shift and disappear almost instantly.

What may look like distant planets, mineral landscapes or imagined worlds is, in fact, born from something extremely fragile.

These are not AI-generated images.

The works were developed through digital editing, with full control over colour, light, contrast, shadows and final visual direction.

AI-assisted tools may have been used only in a limited, practical way, mainly for cleaning or retouching tasks that I could also perform manually.

Each image comes from a moment that cannot be repeated.

Selected prints will be produced on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g, signed, numbered and prepared with a certificate of authenticity.

This is not only a reward for supporting the campaign.

It is a chance to own a limited piece from the story that helps fund the next chapter of my photographic work.

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250 EUR | Transience Small Print | 40 × 30 cm | 20 Works Available

Edition of 30 per Work

A small signed and numbered 40 × 30 cm fine art print from the Transience series.

A total of 20 different Transience works will be released at this support level.

Each individual work is limited to 30 prints in this format.

Each print is produced on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g and prepared with a certificate of authenticity.

The 40 × 30 cm size refers to the full paper format.

Each print includes an approximately 1 cm white border on each side. This border is intentional and allows space for signing, numbering, framing and safe handling.

The visible image area is approximately 38 × 28 cm.

This is the first collector print level of the campaign.

Once the edition for a specific work is closed, that work will not be reprinted in the same size and format.

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800 EUR | Transience Main Print | 80 × 60 cm | 10 Works Available

Edition of 10 per Work

A large signed and numbered 80 × 60 cm collector print from the Transience series.

A total of 10 different Transience works will be released at this support level.

Each individual work is limited to 10 prints in this format.

Each print is produced on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g and prepared with a certificate of authenticity.

The 80 × 60 cm size refers to the full paper format.

Each print includes an approximately 3 cm white border on each side. This border is intentional and allows space for signing, numbering, framing and safe handling.

The visible image area is approximately 74 × 54 cm.

This is the central collector print level of the campaign.

Once the edition for a specific work is closed, that work will not be reprinted in the same size and format.

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1,150 EUR | Transience Collector Set | 3 Prints, 60 × 40 cm Each | 10 Different Sets Available

Edition of 7 per Set

A collector set of three signed and numbered 60 × 40 cm fine art prints from the Transience series.

A total of 10 different Transience Collector Sets will be released for this campaign.

Each individual Collector Set is limited to 7 complete sets.

Each print is produced on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g and prepared with a certificate of authenticity.

The 60 × 40 cm size refers to the full paper format.

Each print includes an approximately 2 cm white border on each side. This border is intentional and allows space for signing, numbering, framing and safe handling.

The visible image area is approximately 56 × 36 cm.

This reward is created for collectors who want to own more than a single image.

Together, the three works form a small visual universe from the same series.

Once the edition for a specific Collector Set is closed, that set will not be reprinted in the same size and format.

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2,500 EUR | Patronage | Two Photo Sessions | 5 Places Available

For individuals, businesses or brands who want to support the campaign at a higher level and receive photographic work in return.

This reward includes two photo sessions.

Each session includes a short creative consultation, the photo shoot, professional editing and a final gallery of 20 carefully selected, high-resolution photographs prepared for agreed personal or business use.

The first session can be created with the equipment I currently use.

The second session will be created after the Hasselblad system has been funded and purchased.

This makes the reward part of the journey itself: before and after the next stage of my photographic work.

The sessions can be used for portraits, interiors, hospitality, branding, products or another photographic concept agreed together.

Usage rights, location, exact dates, travel costs, accommodation and meals are agreed individually before the session is scheduled.

The sessions can take place in Poland or internationally.

Limited availability: 5 patronage places.

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5,000 EUR | Founding Collector | Private Commission | 3 Places Available

A prestige patronage level for collectors, brands, businesses, or institutions who want to become part of the foundation of this campaign.

This reward includes:

one private photographic session

and one unique 80 × 60 cm fine art print from the Transience series, created individually for the patron.

The photographic session includes a creative consultation, individual planning, the photo shoot, professional editing, and a final gallery of 30 carefully selected, high-resolution photographs prepared for agreed personal or business use.

The Transience work will be a one-of-one piece. It will not be selected from an existing finished edition. It will be created especially for the patron from my Transience visual world - a new work that neither the world nor I have seen before.

The 80 × 60 cm print will be produced on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g, signed, numbered as 1/1, and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.

The exact scope of the session, usage rights, location, dates, production details, and delivery timeline will be agreed individually before the session is scheduled.

Travel costs, accommodation, meals, special production costs, and custom framing are discussed individually if needed.

The session can take place in Poland or internationally.

Limited availability: 3 Founding Collector places.

The idea behind the rewards

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I do not want these rewards to feel like souvenirs.

I want them to feel like pieces of the same story.

By supporting the campaign, you are not only helping me fund a camera system.

You can receive a part of my archive, own a limited work from the Transience series, or become part of the next chapter of my photography in a more personal way.

The rewards are connected with the same idea as the campaign itself: images can travel further than the moment in which they were created.

Who I am

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My name is Piotr Arnoldes.

I am a photographer from Poland, working with interiors, hotels, restaurants, business portraits and visual stories.

For years, photography has been my way of noticing the world and sharing what I see.

Some of my work is commercial.

Some of it is personal.

Some of it is shared freely with the world.

What connects all of it is one belief: a good photograph should not stay still. It should travel.

Proof that my images already travel

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Over the last five years, I have consistently contributed 818 photographs to Pexels.

They have reached over 75.4 million views and have been downloaded more than 222,000 times.

6 of my works have also been featured on the Pexels homepage.

Pexels statistics: over 75.4M views and 222.1K downloads.

As a Google Local Guide, 172 of my photos have received nearly 20 million additional views.

Google Maps statistics: 172 contributed photos with 19.8M+ views.

Together, that is over 95 million views across Pexels and Google Maps alone.

These numbers tell me something important: my images are already useful.

They help creators, designers, educators, brands, small businesses, travellers and people I will probably never meet.

Images that already work in the real world

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My photographs already travel through different worlds.

On Pexels, they help creators, designers, educators, brands and storytellers.

On Google Maps, they help people discover restaurants, shops, hotels and local businesses.

In my commercial work, my hospitality photographs are used on booking platforms such as Booking.com, where images directly influence trust, perceived value and booking decisions.

My experience in hospitality photography also includes assignments for international hotels in the United Arab Emirates, including Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi, Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana, and Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa by Anantara.

One of the important moments in my journey was a photographic assignment for Hotel Vilòn in Rome.

Several images from that shoot were later published by two of Italy’s leading newspapers: Corriere della Sera and la Repubblica.

For me, this was a quiet but meaningful confirmation: a well-made photograph does not end on a website.

It can enter the media landscape, support the prestige of a place and become part of a larger story about a brand.

Why Hasselblad

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I am not choosing a Hasselblad camera system because it looks impressive.

I need it because of what it can give to the final image: detail, depth, colour, dynamic range and files that can be printed, published and used at the highest level.

My photographs already travel through the world.

With better tools, I can create images with even more precision, more presence and longer life.

That is the real purpose of this campaign.

Not the camera itself.

The photographs that can be created with it.

What I want to buy

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The goal of this campaign is to fund a complete professional Hasselblad camera system.

This is the exact equipment list:

Hasselblad X2D II 100C + XCD 2.5/90V: 11,999 EUR

XCD 3.2–4.5/20–35E: 6,729 EUR

XCD 2.8–4/35–100E: 4,800 EUR

XCD 2.8/135 and X Converter 1.7: 4,788 EUR

High Capacity Li-ion Rechargeable Battery for X System: 95 EUR

Hasselblad UV Filter 72mm: 229 EUR

Hasselblad UV Filter 77mm: 239 EUR

Hasselblad UV Filter 86mm: 259 EUR

Hasselblad UV Filter 77mm: 239 EUR

Hasselblad CPL Filter 77mm: 369 EUR

Hasselblad ND Filter 86mm: 289 EUR

Battery Charging Hub: 155 EUR

Total target: 30,190 EUR

The target amount is based on the full equipment list above.

The system includes four lenses / optical setups, and each of them will be protected from the beginning with a dedicated Hasselblad UV filter.

It is a complete working system: camera body, lenses, converter, battery, charging hub and original Hasselblad filters needed to protect the equipment and work professionally from day one. This system would allow me to work at the highest level in hospitality, interior, landscape, editorial and fine art photography.

What will happen if this campaign succeeds

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If this campaign succeeds, the result will not be only a camera in my hands.

The result will be new photographs.

Some will be created for clients.

Some will become fine art prints.

Some will become part of future books and visual projects.

And some will be shared freely with the creative community, so they can continue travelling through the world and helping other people tell their own stories.

Success will be the moment the first photographs made with it begin to live their own life.

Transparency

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I want this campaign to be transparent.

The target amount is not estimated loosely. It comes directly from the listed Hasselblad equipment and accessories, with each item shown above.

The funds will be used to purchase the Hasselblad camera system listed above.

If the full target is reached, I will document the purchase and share updates from the first projects created with the new equipment.

If the campaign does not reach the full amount, the collected funds will still be used toward the same goal:

upgrading my photographic equipment and continuing the work described here.

The invitation

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I know I will get there.

This campaign is one of the ways I am working toward it.

I am inviting people, brands and platforms to help write the next chapter of a photographic journey that has already reached millions.

If my images have helped you, inspired you, supported your work, or simply made you stop for a moment, you can now become part of what comes next.

A small contribution today may help create an image that someone, somewhere, will one day use, keep, share or remember.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for reading my story.

And thank you for helping me create the next 100 million visual stories.

Piotr Arnoldes

Photographer from Poland

www.arnoldes.com