I have been enjoying exploring the work by ‘photographer’ Dante Sisofo. He works in mainly hi-key (high contrast) grainy, black and white street photography.

Go check out Dante Sisofos work here.

He describes his photographic workflow as frictionless. That is, he publishes with minimal no editing preferring to have all the aesthetics (ie high contrast, monochrome, jpeg, film grain etc) done in camera.

Not a fan of spending time on editing software, he downloads his photos directly onto his iPad (into the photos app) selects the ones he wants to share, and then publishes them to his blog. Fast. Frictionless.

He talks about his process here.

Despite the lack of post production on his work, his photos are brilliant. Releasing himself from the burden of curation and perfection, he can concentrate on subject and composition and narrative.

I was walking through a nature path, looking at leaves. I plucked a few, held them in my hand, and made a photograph.

Now when I look back at those images, I can relive those moments.

That’s the point.

Photography as memory is powerful.

In this modern world, we’re always chasing the next “best” frame. Trying to detach ourselves. Trying to be objective.

I say—do the opposite.

Radically interpret your photography from a subjective, emotional state.

I really like the way he uses his personal blog as the hub for his creative sharing (as opposed to juggling multiple social media accounts). And I love the way he refused to en-boxify his work. He sees himself as a person who likes to take lots of photos rather than a photographer.

Stop forcing it.

Stop hunting.

Start responding.

Surrender to photography.

That means:

Shooting without overthinking
Letting time pass
Making lots of frames
Accepting mistakes
Because eventually…

It’s inevitable.

You will make something.

All this is all something I aspire to work into my own creative flow. Less tinkering and perfecting, more creative process and raw sharing.

I’ve been practicing for over a decade.

And I realized:

Photography can actually get in the way of living.

So I removed everything unnecessary.

Now I can:

focus on the moment
stay present
notice deeply