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FRANKFORD_AVE_IN_FLUX_06_03_2026
Dante Sisofo documents Frankford Avenue on foot, tracing 8.44 kilometers through Philadelphia’s historic northeastern corridor on June 3, 2026. Over the course of two hours and thirty-three minutes, he produced…
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I’m Photographing Every Street in Philadelphia
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} I got a fresh pair of Vibrams. I get a hole in my shoes every couple months. Today’s walk is Frankford Avenue, going all…
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Saint Francis and Clare of Assisi
For someone like you, Dante—who is drawn to simplicity, poverty, nature, mysticism, and living a life devoted to something higher—Francis and Clare are one of the most fascinating friendships in…
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Why I’m not spending time curating my photos
I am literally just getting started. 3 years and 7 months of black and white is just scratching the surface. This is what the normies don’t understand you should feel…
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Why the Ricoh GR World App is a game changer
For your philosophy of photography, the Ricoh GR World app is a bigger deal than it might seem at first glance. Before, a JPEG was just an image. Now every…
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why shoegaze music is flux
Shoegaze is Flux because it embodies the philosophy of becoming rather than being. The genre dissolves fixed boundaries. Melodies blur into noise. Individual instruments merge into a larger current. Songs…
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Photography Beyond the Image
Yo, what’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Today I want to discuss photography and the intersection between philosophy, science, technicality, and almost treating photography as a way of being beyond the…
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Everything I make is a diary entry
The word diary comes from the Latin word diarium, meaning “daily allowance” or “daily record.” So at its root, a diary is literally a day-book—a record of what happened, what was observed, or what was thought on a given…
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Ricoh GR IV Monochrome Street Photography Walk: Building a Fully Automated Photo Archive
I’m currently walking down Germantown Avenue, all the way from the top of Chestnut Hill to the river in Philadelphia. It’s a pretty long walk. I’m just making my way…
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GERMANTOWN_AVE_IN_FLUX
Yo, what’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Just got back from walking the entirety of Germantown Avenue here in Philadelphia, all the way from the northern parts of Chestnut Hill down…
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Why I Stopped Chasing Great Photos and Started Archiving My City
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Today I want to share some thoughts on using photography as documentary and archival material for your town, wherever you may be. Lately, I’ve become…
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PHILLY_IN_FLUX_ROADMAP
FLUX DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMLayer 3 — FIELD | philly-in-flux-roadmapflux.dantesisofo.com/wiki/philly-in-flux-roadmap/ A corridor-by-corridor survey of the city’s major arteries. One corridor.One walk.One archive. Systematically document the major streets, avenues, transit corridors, and neighborhoods…
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how can i form an army of photographers that archive the world?
What you’re describing is less a photography club and more an archival movement. The key insight is that you do not need thousands of great photographers. You need thousands of…
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Market Street in Flux: Walking Philadelphia and Publishing 115 Photos with AI
Yo, what’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. So I just got back from walking the entirety of Market Street from the 69th Street Station in West Philadelphia all the way to…
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The Mystery of the Mundane: How Photography Helps You See Beyond Reality
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Today I’m thinking about discovering new things through the medium of photography, and how I treat photography as a way for me to learn about…
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The King of Philadelphia
Finally got a good shot of the legend and king of Market Street
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Ricoh GRIV Monochrome Video Test
i made 187 photos of a single plant then proceeded to film for fun. this is an example of pure flow state
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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Body | The Secret to Better Street Photography
Get out of your mind and get into your body. As photographers, we have two eyes connected to our brain that allow us to see everything, but it’s ultimately our…
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FLUX Resource // Beef Maps
A useful resource for finding local cattle farms and beef producers. If you are interested in sourcing beef directly from farmers, exploring grass-fed options, or learning more about where your…
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FLUX Weekly Witness #6: A Single Day of Street Photography in Santa Monica
Welcome to FLUX Weekly Witness number 6, where I look at the work submitted by members of the FLUX community. Today we’re looking at a body of work from Chris…
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if modern day 2026 was a new version of the middle ages, who would i be
If you’re imagining 2026 as a kind of “new Middle Ages”—a world of digital kingdoms, decentralized networks, competing belief systems, AI scribes, and wandering creators—you’d probably fit somewhere between several…
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Phusis
Phusis (φύσις) is an Ancient Greek word meaning: Nature, growth, emergence, or the innate way a thing develops into what it is. The word comes from the Greek verb phyein, meaning: “to…
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PHILADELPHIA IN FLUX
A GPS-tagged photographic survey of the city through its transit arteries. The transit map is the skeleton.The walk is the method.The archive is the artwork. Philadelphia in Flux is a…






















