FLUX WEEKLY WITNESS #3
What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante.
Today we’re doing FLUX Weekly Witness #3, reviewing the photographs submitted over the past week.
But before getting into the actual review, I want to share something I’ve been building:
FLUX AUTO ZINE GENERATOR
FLUX is an open-source, browser-based system for automatically turning photographs into printable chronological zines.
CREATE YOUR OWN FLUX ISSUE
Generator:
http://dantesisofo.com/flux-auto-zine/
How It Works
- Grab 15 photographs
- Drag and drop them into the generator
- Add:
- Your name
- Issue number
- Click:
Generate Flux Issue
The system instantly creates a printable PDF.
WHAT THE SYSTEM DOES
The generator automatically:
- Sequences your photographs chronologically
- Reads the metadata from your camera
- Adds captions automatically
- Generates:
- Title page
- Protocol page
- Manifest page
- Contact sheet
- Printable zine PDF
Each image contains:
- Date
- Time
- Photographer name
- Issue number
- Sequence number
The goal is:
- Speed
- Simplicity
- Instant publishing
- Removing workflow friction
PRINTING THE ZINE
Recommended Setup
- Regular office paper
- Double-sided printing
- Home laser printer
- Staple left side
I even added staple marks directly onto the cover so assembling the zine becomes frictionless.
THE FLUX PHILOSOPHY
The System
Shoot → Select → Publish → Move On
No backlog.
No perfectionism.
No over-editing.
No endless sequencing.
The goal is to continue making photographs.
WHY THIS MATTERS
The entire system is about:
- Daily practice
- Chronological thinking
- Speed
- Small JPEG workflows
- Physical archives
- Embracing imperfection
The imperfect qualities of:
- printer paper
- laser printing
- cheap materials
- bureaucratic aesthetics
become part of the artwork itself.
STORAGE AS ART
I’ve been storing the zines inside manila folders.
Honestly, the archive itself is starting to feel like the artwork.
You can:
- Mix pages together
- Rearrange sequences
- Tape pages to walls
- Pull pages apart
- Create evolving archives
The work becomes alive physically.
FEATURED FLUX ISSUES
Igor Krivokon
Download:
http://dantesisofo.com/mp-files/flux_001_igor_krivokon_2026-05-01_to_2026-05-07.pdf/
Notes
Beautiful ethereal landscape work.
The imperfect printer-paper aesthetic elevates the imagery emotionally.
Minimal landscapes.
Elegant compositions.
Charcoal-like rendering.
The abstraction created through the camera sensor and light interaction becomes the poetry.
Dimitri Wessendorf
Notes
Beautiful work coming out of Seattle.
The horse photograph especially feels:
- mystical
- cinematic
- surreal
- emotionally charged
The storm clouds and atmosphere elevate the imagery beyond simple documentation.
The strange tunnel image especially pushes into mystery and ambiguity.
MIGUEL — FIRST PHOTO BOOK
Miguel created his first photobook using this FLUX protocol.
Blog Post
Book
Important Ideas From Miguel
Miguel photographed Holy Week in his hometown without planning a giant project.
He simply:
- Walked daily
- Photographed what was in front of him
- Sequenced the work afterward
Key realization:
Taking photographs is only the beginning.
Sequencing creates meaning.
Miguel also:
- Used Blurb Bookwright
- Experimented with ChatGPT for sequencing
- Learned the importance of chronology and accumulation
This is exactly the spirit of FLUX.
GOING BEYOND LANGUAGE
What I’m starting to recognize with FLUX is this:
We almost want to go beyond:
- narrative
- explanation
- traditional photobook storytelling
And instead embrace:
- chronology
- fragments of time
- raw existence
- visual accumulation
The captions become timestamps of reality itself.
PHOTO REVIEW NOTES
DMITRI
Rusty Building
Beautiful character.
Worn-down architecture becomes emotionally powerful through isolation and atmosphere.
Horse Photograph
One of my favorite images from Dmitri.
The horse feels:
- mythical
- ancient
- spiritual
The physical print especially elevates the image.
Tunnel Image
Shocking.
Jarring.
Surreal.
Mystery and ambiguity are becoming strong directions in Dmitri’s work.
IGOR
Landscape Work
The landscapes become emotionally powerful through:
- minimalism
- abstraction
- printer-paper rendering
- negative space
The images feel elegant and painterly.
Important Observation
Our eyes do not have shutter speeds.
What keeps photography endlessly fascinating is:
The photograph is what the camera saw —
not what we saw.
The sensor interprets reality differently than human vision.
That mystery keeps photography alive.
DAWSON
Emotional Impact
Some of Dawson’s images are emotionally overwhelming.
The strongest photographs often make us:
- pause
- wonder
- feel deeply
without fully understanding why.
That indescribable quality is what we’re after.
Variety
What I appreciated most this week:
- distance
- close-up textures
- people
- details
- abstraction
There’s increasing range in the work.
THEO — LONDON
Subway Portrait
Probably my favorite image from Theo so far.
The negative space and darkness create:
- mystery
- tension
- atmosphere
The face emerging from darkness becomes emotionally magnetic.
Mannequins
A reminder that:
The mundane is the game.
Windows.
Shops.
Objects.
Reflections.
All of these ordinary spaces become elevated through abstraction.
RED FOX
Found Object Photography
Really interesting compositional relationships between:
- wheel
- chair
- ground
- negative space
By removing context, mundane objects become elegant abstract forms.
Important Practice
Photographing:
- textures
- discarded objects
- strange corners
- ordinary details
puts you directly into flow state.
EUGÈNE ATGET
Study Material
I want all of you to study the work of:
Reference:
The World of Atget — Berenice Abbott flip-through
WHY ATGET MATTERS
Eugène Atget photographed Paris every single day in the late 19th and early 20th century.
He focused on:
- streets
- workers
- windows
- storefronts
- ordinary life
He created one of the greatest visual archives in photographic history. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
WHY FLUX IS INSPIRED BY ATGET
What inspires me most is not one masterpiece photograph.
It’s:
- accumulation
- consistency
- daily practice
- visual archiving
- relentless documentation
Atget treated photography like a living document of existence. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}
That is the spirit of FLUX.
THE GOAL
The goal is not:
One perfect photograph.
The goal is:
A living, breathing archive in flux.
FINAL REMINDER
Create your own FLUX zine.
Upload 15 photographs.
Generate the issue.
Print it.
Share it.
Archive your existence.
And submit the work directly through the FLUX submission form.
Looking forward to seeing what all of you make.
Peace.