José Ramos

José Ramos is a landscape photographer from Portugal, currently living in Lisbon. His works have been published multiple times in magazines like National Geographic, Digital SLR Magazine, Practical Photography, Photography Week, The Telegraph and many others. His images have won international photo awards, and he currently runs workshops and photo-tours in Portugal and sells fine art prints to all over the world. He has been collaborating with many photo and technology brands, including BenQ Europe, Nisi Filters, Venus Laowa lenses, LG phones, FLM tripods, Vallerret Gloves, Mindshift Backpacks and others.

He started shooting twelve years ago and this passion grew so strong that this was the art he has chosen to express himself and pay homage to the beauty and power of the world which surrounds us. He is currently dividing his time between working as a photographer and Doctor (Psychiatrist), which implies great dedication to be able to develop his skills in both areas. So far this has been possible through very strong commitment and discipline, at the expense of sleeping hours, which would only be bearable when there’s intense passion about both subjects.

In his photos, the act of raising awareness about Nature and the need to protect the environment is simultaneously linked, through embedded concepts and stories for each image, with existential reflections about the self and our place in the world. His website manifesto states the following: “When the aesthetic power of Nature meets a man’s vision of the world, creation takes place and images become the crystallized hybrid product of this encounter. Traveling and endlessly searching for the light, the silence and the lessons of the landscape, here I present you my vision of the world as seen through my eyes and soul, hoping I can at least take you there just for a moment, to the moment which lies so intense in my memory…”

José is a NiSi, BenQ, FLM, MindShift, and Laowa ambassador.