Johan Lolos

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Johan Lolos
Born
Liège, Belgium
NationalityBelgian, Greek
Other nameslebackpacker
OccupationPhotographer
Websitewww.johanlolos.com

Johan Lolos is a Belgian-Greek photographer, based in Liège. He is known as lebackpacker on social media. His book Peaks of Europe (Lannoo, 2018) describes a 5-month journey around Europe's alpine regions.[1] He has made landscape, outdoor and travel photography in New Zealand—where he spent a year traveling[2]— Norway, Canada, Australia, Iceland and Switzerland.

Lolos' work has been published in National Geographic,[3] GQ and Lonely Planet.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Lolos was born in Liège, Belgium. He studied Public Relations at IHECS, a Journalism & Communication school in Brussels, Belgium and graduated in 2013.[5]

Publications[edit]

  • Peaks of Europe. Lannoo, 2018. ISBN 978-2390250449. English-language version. Also available in German (Dumont), French (Glénat) and Italian (Rizzoli) under different titles.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Peaks of Europe". 2018-01-19.
  2. ^ "Photographer Johan Lolos travels across New Zealand, takes stunning photographs". Stuff. 7 January 2016.
  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. ^ "Liège: Johan Lolos, le photographe aventurier". Édition digitale de Liège (in French). 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2019-05-30.