BIO
Joris Hermans (°1983, Belgium) is a video creator, YouTuber & photographer based in Belgium. In 2018, after being a freelance photographer for more than a decade, he left home behind to capture the world’s beauty.
In 2020, Joris returned to Belgium after more than two years of traveling and photographing the world. He’s now working as an online video creator and his YouTube channel gathered more than 400,000 subscribers. He has worked with international brands like DJI, Blackmagic Design, Audiio, MotionVFX, Zhiyun, and many more...
Joris' work has been featured on Belgian Television, LifeFramer, Don't Take Pictures, PDN, Booooooom, Aint-Bad Magazine, Positive Magazine, GUP Magazine and Fotoroom Magazine. He was a finalist for the Renaissance Photography Prize and selected for the Kontinent Awards. He was a category winner of PDN World in Focus in 2015 and Nikon Press Photo Awards in 2016/2017.
BRANDS [Collaborations & Video Creation]
DJI • Blackmagic Design • Audiio • MotionVFX • Zhiyun • Viltrox • Hohem
Envato • Artlist • SmallRig • TourBox • DxO • Kase • Epidemic Sound
AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
Field Work: Landscape and Architecture • Curated into exhibition at Black Box Gallery, 2019
Booooooom x LOJEL “Journeys” • Medellin in Black & White, 2019
Nikon Press Photo Awards 2016 • Category Winner: 'Stories' • Grey Summer Garden, 2017
PDN World in Focus • Category Winner • Photo Essay: Behind The Redwood Curtain, 2015
One Eyeland Awards • Subcategory Silver Winner • Photo Essay / Feature Story, 2014
Kontinent Awards • Official Selection Badge, 2013
Renaissance Photography Prize • Finalist, 2013
Life Framer Competition – Expression • Shortlisted, 2013
Best Shots Competition • Finalist, 2013
Samsung NX Masters • People’s choice award, 2012
PUBLICATIONS
De Morgen (BE), Grey Summer Garden
Gazet Van Antwerpen (BE), Grey Summer Garden
FotoRoom Magazine, Grey Summer Garden
Glo.be Magazine (BE), Healthcare in Congo
Aint-Bad Magazine (US), You are not you anymore
Aint-Bad Magazine (US), Behind The Redwood Curtain
POSITIVE Magazine (IT), Behind The Redwood Curtain
MO* In Beeld (BE)
PDN World in Focus (US)
GUP Magazine (NL)
Eén Missie Mosango (BE)
Knack, Mosango Hospital (BE)
SHUTR Magazine (NL)
EXHIBITIONS
‘t Getouw Mol, Belgium • Behind The Redwood Curtain – Solo • March - April, 2016
Warande Turnhout, Belgium • Behind The Redwood Curtain – Solo • February - April, 2015
Brussels Airlines b.Foundation, Belgium, Mosango – Group, 2013
Zebra Coffee Bar, Belgium • Mosango – Solo, 2013
Unexposed: ‘TWENS’ Leuven, Belgium • Mosango – Group, 2013
Renaissance Photography Prize Exhibition • London UK • Mosango – Group, 2013