[2] He and others set up and ran Third Floor Gallery[3] in Cardiff and he was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.
Individual images from the series have also been used out of context and with misleading captions by the British tabloid media to support a single narrative about alcoholic excess.
This tabloid practice has been criticised; for example, Jonathan Jones wrote in The Guardian that "Humour is the most obvious thing about his pictures, and their attraction lies in the way they balance grotesque abandon with poised, coolly beautiful lighting.
"[8][9] Sean O'Hagan said in The Guardian that "it is not all outrageousness and vulgarity: Dakowicz also catches the sense of camaraderie and celebration in Cardiff on a Saturday night.
He has an outsider's eye for telling detail, a way of showing us, in often brilliantly dramatic fashion and with a degree of gleeful humour, what is right under our noses.