Journal
Sharing the same vision and values, we teamed up as friends — Joko in old-Japanese — and started an online journal to portray inspiring places, objects and people. An initiative that naturally led us towards the beginning of Studio Joko.
Santorini, Greece
Santorini, the balcony of the Aegean, is a small archipelago belonging to the Cyclades. Its origin story reads as an eternal interplay of man and the realm of nature; volcanic eruption shaped the geology of the islands.
Egypt, North Africa
Called by the alluring Saharan sands and ever fascinated by MENA cultures and architecture, we recently travelled from Amsterdam to Northern Africa to visit the sacred land of Egypt for a visual exploration.
Legzira Coast, Morocco
Turning our lenses to a sight of rust coloured stone arches, formations shaped by water and wind. The whimsy and wonder of Morocco’s sweeping coves leaves us in awe – a feeling that challenges our understanding of the natural world. Its forceful presence opposed to our insignificance feels strangely comforting.
Corfu, Greece
Greece, an almost ethereal country with its mythological history. When we visited Corfu, one of Greece's most greenest gems, we only had eyes for one element the island had to offer: the mesmerizing nature.
Red & Rose valley, Cappadocia Turkey
Turkey is home to a wide variety of stunning landscapes and geographical wonders. This summer, the country sparked our wanderlust with one of its natural wonders: the dreamy Red & Rose valley of Cappadocia. Created in the early miocene era (10 million years ago), the pastel-toned and organic shaped valleys were sculpted by the eruptions of volcanoes. They were formed by erosion of the tufa layer, as a result of wind and flood water running down the slopes of the valleys.
Lanzarote, Spain
Lanzarote is beautiful in the wildest sense of the word. Visiting the Canary island, we were offered an extraordinary palette of colour and texture, of ash black sand and rust red soils. The landscape covered in black and reddish rocks, craters and volcanic cones, remind us of how imposing nature can be.
La Pause, Marrakech
Just about half an our drive from the busy Medina of Marrakech, there is La Pause – a place so secluded even some Marrakchi haven’t heard of. Surrounded by infinite red arid hills that are part of the Agafay desert, the eco-resort covers a green valley of Olive and Argan trees.