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How I Mastered Street Photography

What’s poppin’, people? It’s Dante. Street photography is my passion, and I’m here to share how I’ve honed my craft over the past decade. From studying iconic photo books to refining my approach through countless hours on the streets, I’ve developed a style that’s all about intimacy, timing, and emotional connection. Check out my recent blog post to learn more about my journey of How I Mastered Street Photography

My Contact Sheets

This morning, I was going through my contact sheets, and I figured, why not share them with you? You can grab the PDF for free.

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I’m putting this out there because I want to empower you as a photographer. This is the kind of stuff I wish I had when I was just starting out. Whether you’re new to street photography or you’ve been at it for a while and want to dive deeper into the mindset behind the photos I’ve made, this is for you.

With more information out there, open and accessible, we can all grow, learn, and push ourselves further.

The Ultimate Ricoh GR Street Photography Guide

The Ricoh GR is my weapon of choice. After nearly a decade of shooting street, I’ve fine-tuned everything—settings, techniques, and workflow—for speed, simplicity, and power. This guide breaks it all down so you can hit the streets fully dialed in.

How to Conquer Fear in Street Photography

Overcoming fear is the first step to unlocking your full potential as a street photographer. Fear of confrontation, rejection, or simply pressing the shutter can hold you back from making your best work. In this guide, I break down practical strategies to help you move with confidence, engage with humanity, and conquer the streets. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to push past hesitation, these insights will help you develop the courage needed to capture powerful, meaningful photographs.

Street Photography by Dante Sisofo

Fundamentals & Getting Started

Philosophy & Purpose of Photography

Creativity & Artistic Approach

Practical Techniques & Skills

Mindset & Personal Growth

Street Interaction & Ethics

Composition, Style & Techniques

Advanced Techniques & Advice

Inspiration & Motivation

Personal & Self-Reflective Insights

Workflow & Creative Process

My Gear

My Bookshelf

  1. The Epic of Gilgamesh
  2. Homer – The Iliad
  3. Homer – The Odyssey
  4. The Bhagavad Gita
  5. The Dhammapada
  6. Lao Tzu – Tao Te Ching
  7. Confucius – The Analects
  8. Early Greek Philosophy
  9. Heraclitus – Fragments
  10. Sappho – Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments
  11. Aeschylus – The Oresteia
  12. Euripides – Medea, Hecabe, Electra, and Heracles
  13. Aristophanes – Lysistrata and Other Plays
  14. Plato – Complete Works
  15. Plato – Euthyphro
  16. Plato – Apology
  17. Plato – Crito
  18. Plato – Phaedo
  19. Plato – Cratylus
  20. Plato – Theaetetus
  21. Plato – Sophist
  22. Plato – Republic
  23. Plato – Symposium
  24. Aristotle – Poetics
  25. Aristotle – De Anima (On the Soul)
  26. Aristotle – The Metaphysics
  27. Aristotle – The Politics
  28. Aristotle – The Nicomachean Ethics
  29. Epicurus – Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments
  30. Xenophon – The Economist
  31. Publius Syrus – The Moral Sayings of A Roman Slave
  32. Virgil – The Aeneid
  33. Plutarch – Essays
  34. Plutarch – On Sparta
  35. Marcus Aurelius – Meditations
  36. Seneca – Letters from a Stoic
  37. Epictetus – Discourses and Selected Writings
  38. Horace and Persius – Satires and Epistles
  39. Dante Alighieri – The Divine Comedy and Vita Nuova
  40. Teresa of Ávila – The Interior Castle
  41. St. John of the Cross – The Dark Night of the Soul
  42. Friedrich Nietzsche – The Will to Power
  43. Friedrich Nietzsche – Human, All Too Human
  44. Friedrich Nietzsche – The Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks
  45. Friedrich Nietzsche – The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner
  46. Friedrich Nietzsche – The Gay Science
  47. Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra
  48. Friedrich Nietzsche – Beyond Good and Evil
  49. Friedrich Nietzsche – On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
  50. Friedrich Nietzsche – Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ
  51. Friedrich Nietzsche – On Truth and Untruth
  52. George Orwell – 1984
  53. Diogenes – The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic

Photo Books

  1. Eugene Atget – The World of Atget
  2. Walker Evans – American Photographs
  3. Walker Evans – Subways and Streets
  4. Henri Cartier-Bresson – Photographer
  5. Robert Frank – The Americans
  6. Ray Metzker – Monograph
  7. Ray Metzker – Sand Creatures
  8. Ray Metzker – Unknown Territory
  9. Ray Metzker – Light Lines
  10. Josef Koudelka – Gypsies
  11. Josef Koudelka – Exiles
  12. Helen Levitt – One, Two, Three, More
  13. Susan Meiselas – Nicaragua
  14. William Klein – Celebration
  15. Tod Papageorge – Passing Through Eden
  16. Bruce Davidson – Subway
  17. Bruce Gilden – Haiti
  18. Larry Towell – The Mennonites
  19. Frank Horvat – Side Walk
  20. Daido Moriyama – Dear Mr. Niépce
  21. Daido Moriyama – Phaidon
  22. Daido Moriyama – Record 2
  23. Vivian Maier – Retrospective
  24. Jason Eskenazi – Wonderland
  25. Mark Cohen – Grim Street
  26. Mark Cohen – Frame
  27. Alex Webb – Istanbul, City of a Hundred Names
  28. Alex Webb – The Suffering of Light
  29. Alex Webb – La Calle
  30. Alex Webb – Brooklyn, The City Within
  31. PROVOKE
  32. Women Street Photographers
  33. Magnum Streetwise
  34. Reclaim the Street
  35. Harry Gruyaert – Between Worlds
  36. Raúl Cañibano – Absolut Cuba
  37. Sam Ferris – In Visible Light
  38. Daniel Arnold – Pickpocket
  39. Brian Karlsson – Book
  40. Gianni Berengo Gardin
  41. Trent Parke – Monument

Health

Foundational Health Philosophy

Physical Vitality and Routine

Diet, Fasting, and Nutrition

Health-Boosting Habits

Radical Lifestyle Choices

Philosophy

Philosophy

  1. How I want to spend my short time on this earth
  2. What I learned as a peace corps volunteer
  3. How to be happy
  4. Be fearless
  5. Explore
  6. Adventure is in my blood
  7. Embrace your child like curiosity
  8. Strive to create beautiful art from a state of pure joy
  9. Stop trying to be perfect
  10. Carte blanche
  11. Change the world
  12. Your body is your soul
  13. The now
  14. Break societal norms
  15. Curiosity and exploration
  16. Nobody will notice
  17. Take the more interesting path in life
  18. Boredom is a tragedy
  19. Think legacy
  20. Create anew
  21. What is the goal?
  22. Be mindful of the music you consume
  23. Ignore hollywood and social media
  24. Social media’s influence
  25. Limit phone use
  26. Who and what is that?
  27. Avoid miserable people like the plague
  28. Treat life like a videogame
  29. A world without art is an ugly world
  30. The goal of life isn’t happiness
  31. Bring back beauty
  32. Unlimited resources
  33. Dreams and nightmares
  34. The goal to transcend
  35. Why think?
  36. Life is meaningful
  37. Why I’m so passionate about the outdoors
  38. What inspires me?
  39. You only live once
  40. Go slow and appreciate the detail
  41. Become a creative barbarian
  42. The problem with video games
  43. Don’t worry about the future
  44. I’d rather be on the battlefield than locked away in the castle
  45. Reality is beautiful
  46. Why longevity matters
  47. Real love comes from within
  48. Three things I learned from living in a village in Zambia, Africa
  49. Create endlessly
  50. Spread joy and kindness
  51. Love and fear
  52. God, family, and land
  53. Be foolish
  54. Light VS Darkness
  55. How to stay focused?
  56. Insatiable lust for life
  57. Made of love
  58. Individual VS Collective
  59. How to find deeper meaning in life?
  60. Soul & Body
  61. Subtract
  62. When to ignore?
  63. Don’t be afraid!
  64. If it hurts, let it die
  65. Life is a visual feast
  66. Full of color
  67. Assume you won’t wake up
  68. Set your body in motion, and don’t stop!
  69. Don’t talk about others
  70. Why root for the underdog?
  71. You’re the only one that can give life meaning
  72. Be hard in a soft world
  73. The universe is a miracle
  74. Affirming life through art
  75. What a beautiful world
  76. Solitude VS Loneliness
  77. Every single day is new
  78. Individual experience
  79. Become someone that you want to be around
  80. Treat everything as a work in progress
  81. What is the goal of an artist?
  82. Art is the answer
  83. DISCONNECT
  84. Be unrealistic
  85. Your actions determine your emotions
  86. My Story
  87. It’s difficult to unsee
  88. Have a vision
  89. Play the game your own way
  90. BECOME A CREATOR
  91. Water is life
  92. Embrace the unknown
  93. Produce more than you consume
  94. Free range
  95. Gratitude
  96. LUST FOR LIFE
  97. Heaven and Hell
  98. What is real?
  99. Pleasure and Pain
  100. Create the best version of yourself
  101. ALL IS WAR
  102. How would an ancient greek warrior see the world?
  103. Individualism is the new collectivism
  104. Keep it Simple
  105. Man vs Nature
  106. Give me light and I shall dominate
  107. Kratos
  108. Biophilia
  109. Courage vs Skill
  110. Passion
  111. THRIVE
  112. Goonie
  113. Battaglia
  114. Experience
  115. Physicality
  116. Free as a bird
  117. Communion with the gods
  118. Weak VS Strong
  119. Tradition
  120. Art and meaning
  121. Become the Ubermensch
  122. Light Warrior
  123. Lust for light
  124. High Vantage Point
  125. OFF GRID
  126. Happiness as a byproduct of power
  127. Water and vitality
  128. The world is a beautiful place
  129. How I feel abundance
  130. Sacrifice and tribe
  131. Your experiences shape your reality
  132. What if there is no goal?
  133. The hamster wheel
  134. FREE SPIRIT
  135. Movement is medicine
  136. CREATE
  137. Rat Race
  138. Sky
  139. How to live a life of meaning
  140. Never stop changing
  141. Freedom is the elimination of choice
  142. I Am the Lighthouse Keeper
  143. Live like a homeless person
  144. Driven by courage
  145. Don’t bleed
  146. Zoo Utopia
  147. SUN POWER
  148. POWER
  149. The intersection between order and chaos
  150. Light is Information
  151. ETERNAL RETURN
  152. LIGHT
  153. TIME
  154. Life is on the street
  155. Onwards and Upwards
  156. VITALITY
  157. Become your own hero
  158. The Art of Living
  159. To Change is Happiness
  160. I’ve got nothing to prove
  161. The Eternal Now
  162. Ocean City
  163. The Force of Fate
  164. PRIDE
  165. We Are the Extraordinary
  166. Wanderer
  167. Be Magnanimous
  168. A Life of Otium
  169. BREAK THE RULES
  170. Build
  171. Posture Check
  172. Don’t fear the unknown
  173. Nobody is a match for me
  174. A bull just goes
  175. Digital Slavery
  176. Gravity Bound
  177. Ascension
  178. A Call for Great Souls
  179. I just want to be left alone!
  180. Become Godlike
  181. Spirit of a Spartan
  182. Anybody can tightrope walk
  183. I never want to miss another sunrise again
  184. The Philosophy of Strength
  185. Human Parasites
  186. Your Body is Art
  187. We the new primal
  188. Lifestyle Choices
  189. High Thumos
  190. Eager for the day
  191. The Feeling of Abundance
  192. Seasonal Depression
  193. God is in the Details
  194. The Gift of Life
  195. Aligning with Nature
  196. Everything is in Motion
  197. Create Your Own Light
  198. The Sword of Focus
  199. CHILDLIKE
  200. Augment Your Reality
  201. Light Is the Essence of All Things
  202. Reclaim Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
  203. The Frontlines of Freedom
  204. Risk Taker
  205. Design Your Lifestyle
  206. Internal VS External Control
  207. Purity is Perfection
  208. Light and Darkness
  209. Get out of the box
  210. Why I’m so open-minded
  211. Thoughts on Leisure
  212. Gratitude is Joy
  213. How to feel Abundant
  214. Chasing the Infinite Light
  215. We are more similar than different
  216. Prison or Playground?
  217. Conquer Yourself
  218. Thank You for the Day
  219. Prune the Dead

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