storytelling – Dario Solera Photography

Postcards From…: My Snail Mail Club

Dario Solera — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

There’s a particular kind of magic in finding something in your mailbox that isn’t a bill. I’ve been thinking about that lately – and the fact that, meanwhile, the photos I make live and die on screens: seen once in a scroll, then gone. So I made something to fix that, at least a little. […]

How Not to Be a Jerk With a Camera

Dario Solera — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Not being a journalist or documentary photographer, I have a luxury: I get to choose what to show and what to hide – crop out, clone out, delete, or simply never point the lens there in the first place. I answer to no ethics but my own. (Terrifying, I know.) But that wasn’t always true. […]

Street Photography Is The Most Fulfilling

Dario Solera — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000

When I started photographing many years ago, I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know what to capture, I didn’t know how to capture it, and I definitely didn’t know what to do with the photos afterward. But the most important thing I didn’t know was why I was releasing the shutter. I photographed whatever caught […]

I’m Still Figuring Film Photography

Dario Solera — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000

And not from a technical point of view. One thing I’ve noticed: if I’m carrying two cameras – one digital and one film – I either hesitate while deciding which to use, or I end up taking the same photo twice. Neither option is great. It wastes resources – mental and financial – and it […]

I’m Trying Film Photography

Dario Solera — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Notice the verb tense: trying, not tried. As I write this, I’ve already gone through six rolls of film on four different analog cameras. Why? When I mention that I’m shooting film – or when people see me using these ancient cameras – the first, obvious question is always the same: why? It all started […]

Consonno: The Ghost Town

Dario Solera — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Let’s get the obvious question out of the way: no, we didn’t see any ghosts. I visited Consonno with a friend and his teenage daughter – because, why not? It was early July 2025, one of the first truly hot days of summer. I sweated non-stop the entire time. A Brief History of Consonno If […]

New Zine: Drops of Life / MMXXV

Dario Solera — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:00:50 +0000

Ah, that time of the (photographic) year is upon us again. The one I both love and dread in equal measure. I love the moment I get to hold a fresh copy of Drops of Life in my hands – that new-zine smell, those crispy pages, the satisfaction of something tangible. But getting there? That’s […]

Stockholm, Sweden

Dario Solera — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0000

It took me an embarrassing amount of time, but I finally clawed my way through the post-processing vortex of the photos I took during our June trip to Stockholm, Sweden. Victory tastes like coffee and mild eye strain. Now that my Lightroom-induced tunnel vision is subsiding, I figured I’d jot down a few thoughts about […]

One Lens In Stockholm

Dario Solera — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000

My wife and I just got back from spending four days in Stockholm, Sweden. It was lovely, photogenic, and full of delicious cinnamon buns I had no intention of sharing with my camera. After a quick round of triage and the ceremonial deletion of blurry duplicates and accidental floor shots, I’m left with about 400 […]

PoTM: Ethereal Moments

Dario Solera — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000

This photograph is one of those rare instances when a fleeting scene demanded to be captured – shot from the roadside, fully aware that I’d never see it quite the same way again. Ethereal Moments leans into a darker, more introspective mood, yet at its heart, it reflects the quiet serenity of untouched nature. There’s […]