2026

What’s popping people? It’s Dante. My message of the day with photography is this: the more you take it seriously, the less enjoyable it becomes. But the more you let…

The Ten Commandments of the Ricoh GR

Credits to Abdul:)

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. Today I’m looking at a random collection of photographs from my archive, shooting high-contrast black and white with the Ricoh GR III, and talking about…

life is a work of art

So it’s a command, not a description: It’s the kind of phrase you’d see: In spirit, it’s close to:

the world becomes a better place when you shut up, stop thinking, reacting, and actually respond with intention

Rosary on the bus or reading is god tier morning vibe Avoid scrolling just delete every social media app and avoid the slop When you curate your consumption you’ll start…

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is a mysterious Christian theologian and mystic writing in the late 5th or early 6th century. He deliberately adopts the name Dionysius the Areopagite, the Athenian convert…

Street photography just happens to be the language I started with

the outcome isn’t worth it if you don’t know yourself when you know yourself, you become uncontrollable

The Chosen is a multi-season historical drama about the life of Jesus of Nazareth, told primarily through the eyes of the people who meet him—his disciples, followers, skeptics, and enemies.…

complaining about the weather is kind of just silly when Uniqlo exists and even considering the need to be working on a computer and stuff like that, you could just…

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. Today I’m deconstructing the layers in this photograph that I made on the 4th of July at Coney Island in 2025. Without further ado, let’s…

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. Today I want to talk about why simplifying your street photography practice changes everything. I look at street photography as a practice.It’s a daily routine.It’s…

What’s poppin people? It’s Dante. Today I want to talk about burnout in photography — what it really is, why it happens, and how I’ve personally made burnout almost impossible…

Heretic comes from the Greek hairetikós (αἱρετικός), meaning “able to choose” or “one who chooses.” A heretic was not originally a troublemaker — it was simply someone who chose a…