June 2025
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Street Photography Breakdown: Part 17 – Courage, Composition & Life Unfiltered
What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. Welcome to Street Photography Breakdown, Part 17, where we look at five different photographs, breaking down their compositions and how they were made. The hope…
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Follow the Light: Street Photography Tips Using Sunlight, Shadow, and Intuition
What’s poppin people?It’s Dante going for my morning walk here on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia. Basking in the glory of the sun. Just following the light. You know, this…
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Street Photography Breakdown: Part 16 – Courage, Repetition & the Heroism of the Everyday
What’s poppin people? It’s Dante. Welcome to Street Photography Breakdown, Part 16, where we look at five different photographs—breaking down their compositions and the behind-the-scenes of how they were made.…
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Rooted in Soil
Rooted in soil —We the new royal.Before you ascend, you must charge up like a coil. Spring.Everything’s in flux.I’ve got Bitcoin — I don’t need your bucks. I’m unattached to…
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I’m not seeking to be understood. I want to understand.
A very simple yet radical idea- I’m not asking to be loved. I want to love!
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The Function of a Church
So my new radical idea about the function of the Catholic Church, specifically, is that it’s simply a place to bring families together and raise children in a beautiful place,…
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Why Photography Is Empowering
Good morning, Philadelphia.What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. Just getting my morning started here in Center City, Philadelphia. I’ve got the Ricoh GR III snapshotting my way through the morning, and…
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Childlike Joy
Photography provides me with so much childlike joy. This is the ultimate superpower. It’s being able to find joy in any moment, in any place, at any time. Having something…
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Street Photography Breakdown: Part 15 – Gesture, Stillness & the Art of Seeing Deeply
What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante.Welcome to Street Photography Breakdown, Part 15 — where we look at five different photographs, breaking down the compositions and the behind-the-scenes of how they were…
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Human Being as an Outward Manifestation of God
If you look at the human being as an outward representation or manifestation of God, I believe you can see the soul of a person. You’re not necessarily looking at…
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Why You Should Stop Caring What People Think About Your Photography
What’s poppin people? It’s Dante.This morning I have a powerful thought for you. Why care about what other people think about your photography, right? You know, ultimately, I photograph because…
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Mythopoetic
The word mythopoetic (or mythopoeic) comes from the combination of two Greek roots: It refers to a creative or symbolic process of making myths—especially those that reveal inner truths, archetypes,…
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Anamnesis
The word anamnesis comes from Ancient Greek: “a calling back to mind” or “recollection.” Anamnesis = remembering again or bringing back to memory Anamnesis is not just remembering the past—it’s…
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How to become who you truly are
In theology, via negativa (the “negative way”) is the mystical path of describing God by what He is not—not finite, not bound, not evil, not changing. In your case, it’s…
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You can do anything and live anyway and anyhow you want to
As long as you aren’t breaking any laws and hurting others, you know that you have free will, right? What will you do with your freedom?
