You can read everything about travel, culture and photography on these pages. Foto-kultur is a multimedia storytelling platform and a curated destination for photographers, travellers, and people who care about the environment and sustainability.
Travel, culture and photography stories
This travel, culture and photography webzine is edited and curated by me, photographer, multimedia journalist and designer Lizane Louw
I created this site to publish features and articles on travel and photography. I want to inspire people through cultural experiences with the stories I share.
In this webzine, I share articles on photography, travel stories, photo features and information on photo expeditions. With the content on these pages, I hope to inspire every adventure seeker to explore destinations of dreams, camera in hand.
Scroll through, and you can also find tips on slow travel, photography road trips, photography events, and exhibitions; we talk photo business and art photography and are building a growing community of photography enthusiasts. I also send out seasonal news/letters with stories, new projects and updates on long-term projects and more…
: On Photography
: On Travel Journalism
: Travel Features
Travel, culture and nature photography
I’m a passionate photographer specialising in travel, culture and nature photography. I am currently working on curating images for a long-term project, “Elements of Nature”.
With my work, I aim to produce compelling images that will encourage conversation on topics of the environment and sustainability. I am constantly looking for new ways to bring my ideas to life and tell stories innovatively.
The first series, “Land of Fire, Series I, A Study of the Namib Desert”, was created in Namibia in 2019. The second series in the Elements of Nature curation was created on a 19-day Ring Road road trip around the island of Iceland in 2021. You can view “Land of Fire and Ice, Series I”, Autumn Rhythm, on my website.
Latest visual projects and work:
Giclée Print Collection
: ELEMENTS OF NATURE
I work on long-term visual projects focusing on the climate emergency, climate breakdown and global heating. This is the second series in a body of work on climate change and the human condition. Within the theme and framework, of Elements of Nature, I investigate changes in natural environments and our human relationship with nature.
These bodies of work focus on ever-changing landscapes and cityscapes and the effects of climate change and human activity. In my long-term photographic work, I investigate the human impact on the environment.
Land of Ice and Fire, Iceland.
The landscapes and urban spaces I photograph are fragile and influenced by weather patterns and the elements. Most locations in these images, especially in the two-landscape series created in Namibia and Iceland, are remote and inhospitable due to climate or challenges due to the environment.
Land of Fire, Namibia.
Travel, culture, and the environment are the main themes of Lizane’s multimedia work. Louw’s extensive photographic oeuvre focuses on climate change and the human condition.
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Let’s work together
I am a photographer, journalist and designer based in Berlin and work mainly in Europe and Africa. Get in contact if you want to talk photography, multimedia and design.
I am available for international assignments as a multimedia journalist. I also offer photography, multimedia journalism and writing lectures and workshops.
If you are interested in travel, culture, or photography, drop in now and then.
“There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I’d love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.”
— Annie Leibovitz
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