The 35mm Dictatorship: Why You Should (Maybe) Choose It Over the 50mm for Urban Photography

The 50mm is a true classic, but if you want your urban reportage to pulsate with the raw, in-your-face energy of a Rolling Stones song, the 35mm is the ultimate lens. Discover why a wide-angle lens forces you to “step into” the action and how the great masters use it to capture the street. An unfiltered technical guide by Daylight School, a photography school in Rome.

Our reporting course is back!

On January 9, 2022, our photojournalism course taught by Marco Sconocchia—a young but experienced photojournalist whose work has appeared in magazines and newspapers such as La Stampa, La Repubblica, Sette, Venerdì di Repubblica, Vice, The Guardian, 6mois, The Independent, The Sun, El País, National Geographic, and many others—will resume. At Daylight, we care deeply about…