Why I Stopped Chasing “Good” Street Photographs

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante.

🎥 In this video, I’m talking about my evolution from shooting bright, energetic color street photography to gritty, high-contrast black and white — and why stripping things down ultimately helped me reconnect with photography on a deeper level.

For years, I chased impactful single images, worked scenes, and repeated the same process across different cities around the world. Eventually, I hit a wall. In this video, I share how letting go of outcomes, removing color, and returning to light itself completely transformed my relationship with street photography.

📷 Street photography isn’t about aggression or hunting moments.
🧠 It’s about how you engage with the world.
⚡ And sometimes, freedom comes from starting over.

In this video, I talk about:
• Why I originally shot in color (without choosing to)
• The importance of emotional intimacy over physical proximity
• Engaging openly with humanity in the streets
• Why repetition and fear go hand in hand
• Always carrying the camera
• Travel, immersion, and long-term growth
• Hitting the creative wall in street photography
• Letting go of chasing “good photos”
• Photographing light instead of moments

🔍 I also cover:
• Returning to day one creatively
• Removing ego and outcome from photography
• Entering flow state through intuition
• High-contrast black & white JPEG workflow
• Why compact cameras changed my composition
• Photography as a visual diary
• Making photographs without forcing meaning

This video isn’t about trends or results.

⚡ It’s about freedom.
🌱 It’s about process.
🔥 It’s about staying alive creatively.

📍 Shot across different locations worldwide
📷 Ricoh GR series
🖤 High-contrast black & white JPEG workflow
🧘 Photography as presence and intuition

If you’ve been feeling stuck, bored, or burned out with street photography — this video is for you.

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