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Get Closer: The Secret to Better Photos with the Ricoh GR
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Check out that beautiful photograph I just made of a leaf. Today I’m thinking about photographing details, textures, and putting the Ricoh GR in close…
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FRONTLINES OF LIFE
A seven-year photographic journey through the frontlines of everyday life. Frontlines of Life presents the first seven years of street photography by Dante Sisofo, spanning from 2016 to 2022. Made…
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FLUX Online Workshop
Join my online workshop for direct feedback, a private community, and a system to help you build your own photo book from start to finish. Enroll today →Join the full…
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I Shoot Like a Tourist (And It Changed My Photography)
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Thinking today about the art of being a tourist. Got the camera on my neck, little compact point-and-shoot, sun hat—about to walk by the beach.…
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Make Photographs That Bring You Pure Joy
So today’s thought is to make photographs that bring you pure joy. When I look back at the photographs I make, there’s an emotional quality that I resonate with, subjectively.…
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Let’s create our own photographic culture
Good—then don’t “join” a photographic culture. Not a brand. Not a trend.A way of seeing that people step into. It’s imitation disguised as participation. You already feel that. That’s why you’re rejecting…
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Make photos that bring you pure joy
Make photos that bring you pure joy. Forget the old school idea that you need to be “objectively detached” from your photographs. Instead, become so emotionally and subjectively attached to…
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Why I’m Offering Private 1-on-1 Photography Experiences
For a long time, I felt like most photography workshops were missing something. People would walk around, take photos, and go home with nothing finished. No sequence.No body of work.No…
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Stop Taking Photography So Seriously | Play, Presence, and the Ricoh GRIIIx
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Today I’m thinking about play, presence, and why you should stop taking photography so seriously. When I photograph, I’m merely using the camera as a…
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Abstraction Is the Secret to Never Burning Out in Photography
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Today I want to share with you some thoughts about abstraction in photography—and why this is the ultimate solution for finding something out there in…
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Magnum is Dead and Bureaucracy killed it
Walk. Photograph. Build your own archive.
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I conquered Tokyo in 13 days. You can create a visual diary in 7.
No plan.No waiting.No perfect conditions. You don’t need more time. You don’t need a better city.You don’t need better gear.
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FLUX — The 7-Day Challenge
This is not about taking better photos. For the next 7 days, you will document your life as it is. No pressure.No performance.Just observation. This becomes your first visual diary.…
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I Almost Quit Photography… This Is What Brought Me Back
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Today I want to share with you a story about how I almost quit photography… but now I treat photography as a way of being.…
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Why Your Photography Feels Stuck (It’s Not the Location)
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Check out the ducks. Today I’m thinking about the mundane… and how we really, in this modern world, need to slow down and appreciate the…


























