I’m Lidija (Lydia) — a travel filmmaker, photographer, and lifelong artist.

For many years my world revolved around ink, charcoal, printmaking, and analog photography. I worked with large format cameras, handmade prints, and old photographic processes, always drawn to the beauty of craft and the patience it requires.

But over time, something shifted.

Travel opened my world in a new way, and filming became the language that felt closest to how I experience life — movement, light, landscapes, quiet moments, and the stories found along the road. Today, my work is a blend of everything I’ve learned: the eye of a photographer, the sensitivity of an artist, and the curiosity of a traveler.

I film with my husband Siniša, who flies the drone while I capture the ground perspective. Together we explore Croatia and beyond — slow travel, nature, small villages, coastlines, mountains, and the everyday beauty that often goes unnoticed.

My artistic background is still part of me:

the love for analog cameras, handmade prints, and old techniques; the desire to preserve the knowledge of the past while embracing the tools of the present. But now I express that same love through travel films, photography, and visual storytelling.

I also create music under the name Jolene Evangeline Hart, a small side project that occasionally appears in my videos — another way of shaping atmosphere and emotion.

This website is a quiet space where I share the stories behind my films — a few photographs, a reflection, and the feeling of each journey.

The road keeps my world open.

And this is where I share what I find along the way.