ウェブサイトとは何ですか？

Johan Lolos

Travel. Documentary. Photography. Belgium / Greece
I collect photo books and like coffee
All photos © Johan Lolos

06/05/2025

Some postcards from last winter in Hokkaido.
I’ve been replaying them in my head ever since.

28/04/2025

When I first saw a few seconds of Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses in Human by Yann Arthus-Bertrand back in 2015, something shifted.
It was just a few seconds of aerial footage, showing rainwater lagoons stretching endlessly over dunes, but it stuck with me.
Since that day, I knew I had to see it with my own eyes.

There are places on this planet that don’t quite seem real.
Even after years of traveling, photographing, and chasing wild places, Lençóis Maranhenses felt different.
For just a few short months after the rainy season, the desert turns into an ocean of turquoise pools.
You can’t invent places like this.
You just have to be there, quiet, and let it sink in. And if you can, take a dip too.

Have you ever seen a photo of Lençóis Maranhenses before?
If not, is there a place like this you’ve been dreaming of visiting someday? Tell me, maybe it will inspire my next adventure too.

31/03/2025

India, you beautiful chaos.

Finally sharing the first glimpses of India from last month’s journey, one that left an indelible mark on me.

My work has always been about seizing those split-second encounters. But then comes the hibernation. A necessary pause, where images need to rest before they reveal themselves. The paradox of my process.

These frames are from Kolkata. A city that moves fast, loud, layered, chaotic, alive. Sometimes the only way to keep up is to slow down and look. To let it unfold instead of chasing it. That’s what I tried to do.

The first two months of 2025 took me across Asia, and my hard drives are now full. Vietnam and Japan are coming next. And after some time sitting with them, the images from the six unforgettable months I spent in South America last year are finally ready to be shared.

Everything’s in motion now, unfolding in waves.
Let me know which photo speaks to you most and why.

31/12/2024

2024. What a year.

I crossed so many things off my bucket list, but more importantly, I made memories I’ll carry with me forever. Stepping foot in South America for the first time was huge. Spending six months road tripping half the continent with in a 4x4 camper? That was the dream. A long-time dream that finally came true.

Funny thing is, I visited fewer countries this year than the recent years since Covid, but I spent more time abroad than at home, a first since 2017.

And what a way to spend it. Three months in Patagonia, reconnecting with nature in ways I didn’t even know I needed. Hiking, camping, soaking it all in, with old friends I hadn’t seen in ages. I can’t even remember when I first decided I’d go there one day but it definitely was my happy place. Then the Argentinean Altiplano and Bolivia happened: altitudes so high, even life struggles to exist. La Paz blew my mind. Isla del Sol felt like a little Mediterranean escape. And Uyuni. Oh my god, Uyuni. Ever since I saw a photo of the salar back in 2008, I knew I had to see it for myself someday.

And then there was Brazil. Honestly, it was never really on my radar (apart from Lençóis Maranhenses, which I’ve dreamed about for over a decade and finally visited!). But Rio hooked me, and the Nordeste slowed everything down in the best way possible. I know now, I’ll be back sooner than later.

2024 was also a bit of a paradox…

(Scroll to the comments for the full story and for the locations 📍👇)

07/05/2024

If there’s one thing that struck me more than anything else in Patagonia, it’s the intense twilight glow of some of the most emblematic granite peaks in the region. Starting as early as one hour before sunrise on clear days, while it’s still pitch black in the valley, Cerro Torre was no exception.

I took this shot of last month at 7.45am, with the sun only rising about an hour later at 8.30am.

21/04/2024

A collection of clouds captured over the last couple of weeks in El Chaltén. I’m honestly having a hard time processing the incredible and almost unexpected conditions we had during the 17 days we spent in the area. Forever grateful.

住所

Asahikawa-shi, Hokkaido