2025

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. Currently going for a hike here in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Welcome to the woods. The pavilion is closed today, so no Treehouse symposium, but maybe…

A Complete Study Summary for Dante Sisofo The Enneads is one of the most powerful spiritual–philosophical texts ever written, a mountain peak of late-antique thought. Compiled by Plotinus’s student Porphyry,…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.Going for a walk here in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Welcome to the woods. Today I’m thinking about goals — and what it truly means to aim…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. This morning I’m thinking about why I switched to black and white photography—and why it feels like the most natural transformation of my creative life.…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.Starting my morning here in the Centennial Arboretum — my little Garden of Eden. As I walk my eternal loop, today’s thought is simple: We live…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante, laying under a tree here in the park, embracing the glory of the sun, gazing out toward a sculpture of Goethe, watching the clouds drift,…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.Going for a nice morning hike here in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Welcome to the woods. Today I’m thinking about burnout in photography — and how to…

True creative genius is born in solitude and discipline. If you want to rise above the “last men” — the complacent, the passive, the addicted, the comfortable — you must…

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. This morning’s thought is simple — treat photography as an act of gratitude for the day. When you go out into the world, embrace the…

“Photography is drawing with light. Return to the essence: light and shadow.” What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. This morning we’re flipping through some of my favorite Daido Moriyama books—Record 1,…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.Welcome to the Centennial Arboretum. The leaves are changing, the air feels crisp, and it’s a beautiful autumn day here in Philadelphia. Today’s thought is about…

It’s easy to position your body in relation to a moment, the background, and have the intuition to click the shutter at the decisive moment. Simply put, photography became easy…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.Today I’ve been thinking about how we can use our inner child to cultivate inspiration in our art. We often look outward for inspiration — a…

Today we’re diving deep into one of the most important aspects of street photography — filling the frame. I’ll be breaking down several of my own photographs from Philadelphia, Jericho,…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.I’m walking down Broad Street here in Philadelphia — you can see City Hall standing tall in the background. Today I’ve got the Ricoh GR IIIx…

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.I’m on Market Street here in Philadelphia, and today I’m thinking about repetition—how repetition breeds mastery. When it comes to street photography, repetition is the name…

Pops sent His only son to remind you that you are divine and that you have to be a silly goose and play again in order to inherit the kingdom