Nicolas Roos

I’m a French diver and photographer based in Bali, Indonesia. Before moving here in 2017, I spent years in digital marketing — SEO, e-commerce, web production — and I brought that background with me when I made the move.

In Bali, I founded Ocean Earth Travels, a diving and adventure travel agency that helps people discover Indonesia the way I did — slowly, deeply, off the beaten track.

Photography and video are how I slow down and pay attention. Light on a manta’s wing. The chaos of a Pasola ceremony. The stillness of a dawn dive before anyone else is awake. I shoot what moves me. Over the last decade I’ve explored the waters of the Coral Triangle — from the volcanic seamounts of Komodo to the remote reefs of Raja Ampat and the blue-water columns of the Banda Sea.

This journal is where I write about diving, underwater imaging, the places I’m going, and the tools I’m building with.

Based in Bali. Most days underwater.