As a travel journalist, I’ve been passionately flying around the world for over fifteen years. My pictures and articles were published in travel magazines and newspapers like Goodbye, VAB Magazine, Pasar, De Zondag, Bo-Magazine, Spitsnieuws, BBT Online, Grande, Ultimo, Metro, Reishonger and Literaire Toerist. My work also appeared in Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Laatste Nieuws, Le Soir, Knack Weekend and De Tijd. I drank tea with the Tuareg in Timbuktu, visited Hemingway’s room in Havana, saw the polar light dance above the Lofoten Islands and got terribly lost in massive cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Delhi.
As from 2014, I started working as a full time independent photographer in and around Antwerp. I’ve worked for (amongst others) the City of Antwerp, the University of Antwerp, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Otheo and Zorgnet Icuro. I’ve also worked with several event agencies, national tourism boards and NGOs like Mercy Ships.
In 2018 I started posting travel stories on my blog Trot Op! which has won several Belgian Travel Blog Awards since and is now my main communication channel. I try and keep my travel content humorous, surprising and tongue in cheek. I of course also have an Instagram account where I post my most recent pictures.
I’m a flexible photographer, specialised in travel photography, portraits, business photography, reportage photography and events & congresses. You can find examples of all of these styles on this site.
In a previous life, I graduated from the University of Antwerp as a Master in Strategic Communication, International Relations and Visual Studies. I’ve worked as a copywriter for advertising agencies and as a creative writer for radio and television.
If you have any questions, requests or proposals, mail me at info@jonathanramael.com.