Dotan Saguy

Dotan Saguy is an award-winning street and documentary photographer based in Los Angeles. Born in a small Israeli kibbutz to a family of Holocaust survivors, he grew up in a diverse working-class suburb of Paris and moved to the United States at 25. After a successful career in high-tech, Saguy shifted his focus to photography in 2015, attending prestigious workshops such as the Eddie Adams Workshop and the Missouri Photo Workshop.

His compelling work has been featured in publications like National Geographic, The Guardian, and the Los Angeles Times. Saguy has published several monographs, including “Venice Beach, the Last Days of a Bohemian Paradise” (2018), which received a Bronze award from the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, “Nowhere to Go but Everywhere” (2020), and “DOGTOWN, the Pups of Venice Beach and their Humans” (2024).

In addition to his photographic projects, Saguy teaches street photography and documentary workshops for organizations like Leica Akademie, Momenta Workshops, and Storyteller Workshops, which he co-founded with Gail Fisher, a distinguished photographer and editor (for more information, visit their website).

He resides in West Los Angeles with his wife, Abigail, and their dog, Beau. Read more. (Website, Instagram)