Dosios responds, "I’ve been shooting on the streets for the last twenty years, seeking to capture impressions of the unique spirit of faraway places through intimate moments of daily public life. Journeys have taken me to the streets of Istanbul, Rome, Lisbon, Cairo, Oaxaca, Tokyo, Varanasi, and more. 

Strangely, for many years, it didn’t even occur to me to photograph my own city. The why still baffles me. Five years ago, I became a mother and, although I still travel quite a bit, life is a bit more centered around home. One of the myriads of earth-shattering discoveries that parenthood has shaken me with is how profoundly enriching, fulfilling and fun it can be photographing the city I live in, Los Angeles, a place I deeply love and respect and which constantly challenges and fascinates me.

 

On a regular basis, I walk around various city neighborhoods, photographing everything from the daily mundane affairs of a street corner, to the rich cultural, spiritual or plain random and bizarre celebrations that constantly pop up, as well as the political marches and other communal gatherings that have recently become a powerful force in a galvanized city determined to play an important role in history at a time of crisis."

 

 

Dosios says, "I’ve been greatly attracted to street photography because of its elusive nature. The task at hand is almost impossible: to capture a small moment of daily life that would be utterly inconsequential were it not for the fact that it carries within it something vital about our humanity.

Being on the streets I have to be alert and present in full body and soul. I have to keep training my eye to see tiny innuendos and to be able to perceive a moment that hasn’t even happened yet, but when it does, it may carry a vital gram of truth about the beauty or darkness of our collective existence.

 

Training my eye to see better does not stop on the streets. I spend a great deal of time looking at my images, seeing poetic synergies that took place by serendipity when unexpected elements barged into the picture, reflecting upon what confluence of elements within the image draw me in, discovering layers of emotion on my subjects’ faces, and losing myself in their small, suggestive gestures that whisper profound secrets about their experience."  

 

 

Dosios says, "Each time I go out on the streets I try to be fully present.  Open. Raw. I’m drawn to the unknown and there, look for the familiar. I find comfort in the minute but pivotal ways that connect us all. And I strive for connection.

It can be a brief meeting of the eyes, or a long conversation. But even if there is no overt interaction, just the mere act of making a picture may bring on an eternal and precious bond with a complete stranger. I find this quite magical."

Curator Douglas Stockdale's review:
"This is a mysterious and dark image. The juxtaposition of the subject in the foreground with the child in middle surrounded by the thong of seated subjects and the hovering Christ figure in the background creates a potentially rich narrative.

There is also an underlying visual tension resulting from how many of these individuals are not interacting between themselves, thus also making this image a bit harder to comprehend. I am also not sure of what the real subject is in this confusing photograph, which I find to be a weakness.
www.douglasstockdale.com

EXHIBITIONS (Group Shows):
 

PH21 Gallery, “LOL” International Group Exhibition     Budapest, 2017

Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, “The Portrait” Juried Exhibition              Minneapolis, 2017-18

Black Box Gallery, “Color: Photography Now”, Group Show, Online Annex            online, 2017

PH21 Gallery, “Stories” International Group Exhibition        Budapest, 2017

The Perfect Exposure Gallery, “A Room of One's Own,” Group Show  Los Angeles, 2017

Black Box Gallery, “Photo Shoot: 2017”, Group Show, Online Annex  online, 2017

PH21 Gallery, “Street Photography” International Group Exhibition            Budapest, 2017

Umbrella Arts Gallery, “Family”, Group Show, curated by Harvey Stein New York, 2017

LACP, “On the Streets in Los Angeles,” Group Show  Los Angeles, 2017

LACP, Fourth Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Virtual Gallery online, 2017

LACP, “Street Shooting Around the World”, Group Show  Los Angeles, 2017

DNJ Gallery, Bergamot Station, “LA Street”, Group Show  Los Angeles, 2016

Photo Independent, Constantine Manos Workshop, Group Slideshow Los Angeles, 2016

Umbrella Arts Gallery, “Animal World”, Group Show, curated by Harvey Stein        New York,  2015

DNJ Gallery, Bergamot Station, “LA Street”, Group Show  Los Angeles, 2015

.NO Gallery, PWP Group Show, curated by Mary Ellen Mark