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Table of Contents

Interview with Thouly Dosios

Queens, the World’s Borough

Life in a Brickyard: Men Who Carve Soil

Teaching Moments

February 27th at Oxford Circus

Rooting for the Visitors: Kaizer Chief Fans at Athlone Stadium

Street Shooters of July 2021

Interview with Thouly Dosios

Street Photography Magazine’s “Year of Women” continues, this month with Thouly Dosios as our featured photographer. Thouly has a B.A. in Visual Studies from Harvard University and an M.F.A. in Film Directing from UCLA. In addition, she is a member of the Los Angeles Street Collective. She’s had plenty of opportunities to learn from and work with prominent photographers and with a background like that, you can imagine what a sharp eye she has for capturing special moments on the street. More recently, Thouly was the single image winner of the LACP exhibit “Street Shooting Around the World” but she’d been on our radar even before then, so you can image how delighted we were to have her featured here in the magazine.

Thouly is fun and easy to talk to and her perspective on street photography and what it means might just change how you feel when you head out to shoot. Click on the audio player below to listen in and get to know more about this talented street shooter.

A Selection of Thouly’s Photos

  • Demonstrations protesting the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, by a police officer, by asphyxiation. Killing happened on Monday, May 25th. Protests erupted all over the country and then the world after a video surfaced showing the officer suffocating Floyd + 3 more officers failing to act. Protests resulted in extensive looting and the use of police force, as well as involvement from the National Guard. Quarantines were implemented in Los Angeles and other cities around the country. I photograph some from the car: May 30, DTLA May 31, Melrose at Fairfax district June 3rd, Silverlake and DTLA June 6th, DTLA
  • Street Collective Shoot: Pico, from Western to Vermont Quinceanera
  • Coronavirus, May 2020 May 9, 2020: Schroeder’s drive-through birthday party. Kimberly stressed with sanitizers. Treats of either a cookie or a rock. Singing through the rooftop with cajon. May 10, 2020: Mother’s Day. In Hollywood, West Hollywood and Flower District, DTLA. Shocking images at DTLA. Lines of people, all crammed, waiting to buy flowers, as if all quarantine measures went out the window.
  • Fiesta Annual de Santa Cecilia, Boyle Heights. Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017
  • Kobe Bryant shrine in front of Staples: Feb 2, last day before the shrine got dismantled and its items given to the family. Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi, and 7 other people died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Jan 26, 2020. Fans flocked the LA city streets, painting murals and setting up shrines, the largest of which was in front of Staples center.
  • Protest to oppose Trump’s Muslim Ban, LAX. Sunday, 29/01/2017–spontaneous, massive protest outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal to oppose Trump’s ban on travel from 7 muslim countries. The protest resulted in some detained people being let free. A few days later a federal judge deemed the ban illegal. Trump’s administration has temporarily complied but is planning to fight it.
  • Sam Abell Workshop “Sharpening Your Photographic Vision” / Day 1. 3pm-6pm / UNION STATION. First shots are from Metro (taken on Vine), photographing a passenger in a Santa Claus hat, sleeping. Rest of the shots are form Union Station. Tried to concentrate on compositing techniques suggested by Sam. Sequence of Mom trying to say goodbye to her toddler. Toddler crying throughout the window, in the arms of a man. The woman cannot find it in her to leave…. Man with flowers and balloons, waiting for his girl…../ © Thouly Dosios
  • Summer 2020 / GREECE / PELIO Pt 1 Aug 3-7 House of the Olive Trees with Vassili Blue boat A la plage Lavenders for Elga
  • Fiesta Annual de Santa Cecilia, Boyle Heights. Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017
  • LA County Fair, 2019 Pomona, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019
  • New Orleans Trip, May 16-19, 2018 Thouly, Kostas, Sergios Day 03: Algiers Ferry, street-cart, Treme district, Petit Museum of Jazz, downpour rain on Frenchmen St., Frenchmen St. nightlife, at the new hotel
  • Constantinos Manos Wkshop Day3 / Hollywood Blvd. Started on Wilcox, made my way towards Hollywood and Highland. Photographed Marilyn Monroe, the wig store, a homeless man, reflections, etc. Saw my favorite woman by the metro, but not in time to photograph her. Met Niko, Roumanian flower seller.

Thouly’s Links

  • LACP’s Seventh Annual “Street Photography Around the World” Exhibition – Virtual Gallery
  • Thouly’s Los Angeles Street Collective Gallery
  • Thouly’s Instagram
  • Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Thouly Dosios

Thouly Dosios holds a B.A. in Visual Studies from Harvard University. There, she studied photography under Chris Killip and also interned with Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas. She has since continued her studies participating in photography workshops with Mary Ellen Mark, Sam Abell, Julia Dean and Constantine Manos. Thouly has photographed in the streets of Istanbul, Rome, Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, Varanasi and Oaxaca, among others. For the last seven years she has focused on documenting daily life in the streets of Los Angeles, and since 2014 has been a member of the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP). Her work has been showcased in group shows at the Umbrella Arts Gallery in New York, the dnj Gallery and The Perfect Exposure Gallery in Los Angeles, the Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, the Black Box Gallery in Portland, and the PH21 Gallery in Budapest. Thouly also holds an M.F.A. in Film Directing from UCLA. Her short films have screened in numerous film festivals worldwide receiving distinctions, including a nomination for a Student Academy Award®. She is currently completing the documentary short, The Rituals of Waiting, about the aspirations of women refugees living in refugee camps on the Greek island of Lesvos. Thouly grew up in Athens, Greece, and currently lives in Los Angeles.

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Articles
July 2021

Interview with Thouly Dosios

Meet a photographer whose perspective makes street shooting a real joy.

Queens, the World’s Borough

Eva Mallis documents hard-working immigrants striving for the American dream.

Life in a Brickyard: Men Who Carve Soil

Ribhu Chatterjee captures the tribulations of brickyard workers in India.

Teaching Moments

Valérie Jardin tells a few photo stories that are both enjoyable and educational.

February 27th at Oxford Circus

Matt Jerrams shoots Oxford Circus on February 27th, four years in a row.

Rooting for the Visitors: Kaizer Chief Fans at Athlone Stadium

Join Alan Wieder at Athlone Stadium for a win!

Street Shooters of July 2021

Top contributions from members of our community.

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