Johan Lolos

Johan Lolos (born 2 November 1987) is a Belgian-Greek photographer, based in Liège. He is known as lebackpacker on social media. He released his first book Peaks of Europe published by Lannoo in 2018 that tells the story of a photographer's 5-month journey around Europe's most beautiful alpine regions.[1] He is best known for his landscape, outdoor and travel photography, especially of places like New Zealand, where he spent one whole year traveling the country,[2] or places like Norway, Canada, Australia, Iceland, Switzerland.

Johan Lolos
Johan Lolos photographed in New Zealand in 2015
Born2 November 1987
Liège, Belgium
NationalityBelgian, Greek
Other nameslebackpacker
OccupationPhotographer
Notable work
Peaks of Europe
Websitehttp://www.johanlolos.com

His work has been featured in publications and magazines such as National Geographic,[3] GQ and Lonely Planet.[4] In 2018 XXLPIX ranked him in 96th position in the "TOP100 Photographers on the web" list, then in 93th position in 2019[5]. Lolos is the most-followed Belgian photographer on Instagram [6][7] and is one of Toyota's 4x4 ambassadors.[8]

In 2018, Johan Lolos was invited by UNamur to give a TedX Talk about his journey as a travel photographer.[9]

Early life and education

Lolos was born in Liège, Belgium. He studied Public Relations at IHECS, a Journalism & Communication school in Brussels, Belgium and graduated in 2013.[10]

Publications
  • Peaks of Europe (2018) ISBN 978-2390250449 - Published by Lannoo in its original English version. The book exists in German (Dumont), French (Glénat) and Italian (Rizzoli) under different titles.
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References
  1. "Peaks of Europe". 2018-01-19.
  2. "Photographer Johan Lolos travels across New Zealand, takes stunning photographs". Stuff.
  3. @NatGeoNL. "Natuurschoon in Nieuw-Zeeland". Natuurschoon in Nieuw-Zeeland - National Geographic.
  4. Planet, Lonely. "Be inspired by the magnificence of Europe's astounding peaks". Lonely Planet News.
  5. "TOP100 photographers on the web". XXLPIX. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. "Le photographe belge le plus suivi sur Instagram est Olnois !". Édition digitale de Charleroi (in French). 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  7. "Top 10 Instagram Travel Photographers". under30experiences.com.
  8. "Meet our new Toyota 4x4 Ambassador". toyota-europe.com.
  9. TEDx Talks (5 March 2018). "Follow your gut and dreams then end up with 500K followers on Instagram. - Johan LOLOS - TEDxUNamur" – via YouTube.
  10. "Liège: Johan Lolos, le photographe aventurier". Édition digitale de Liège (in French). 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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