AMALIA
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Amalia above the Santorini caldera
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Santorini · Dubai · Milan · Bali

AMALIA Drăgan

Travel✦Lifestyle✦Photography
Dubai --:--Milan --:--Bali --:--

Capturing the atmosphere of cities through natural light, architecture and authentic moments.

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24
Years Old
3
Cities She Calls Home
4
Languages
100+
Countries — The Goal
Amalia — portrait
Brașov, Romania → the world
About Amalia

Impressions over things.


Amalia Drăgan is a Romanian travel & lifestyle creator known for capturing the atmosphere of cities through natural light, architecture and authentic moments.

Born in Brașov among the Carpathian mountains — her father an architect, her mother an art-history teacher — she studied marketing and visual communication in Bucharest, shot for cafés, hotels and brands, and turned her travel diary into a life. Today she lives between Dubai, Milan and Bali, documenting boutique hotels, local cafés, modern architecture and hidden cultural gems.

Her mission is simple: to inspire people to slow down, notice the beauty around them, and create memories that last far longer than any destination.

Travel diary since 14 Sunrises over sunsets Collects postcards & tickets Books flights a day before Posts weeks after living the moment Finds every city's best bookshop
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"Slow down. Notice the beauty.
Collect memories, not things."

The only rule she never breaks
Chapter 01

Santorini, in white

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The streets of OiaOia · blue & bougainvillea
Evening walk through OiaGolden evening
The Reel

One year in frames

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Walking into the sunset
Golden hour is a religion here.
Jumeirah Beach · 6:47 pm
Chapter 02

The Dubai coast

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Beach day, Burj Al Arab behindBurj Al Arab
ShorelineShoreline
Slow afternoonSlow afternoon
Last lightLast light
Chapter 03

Poolside rituals

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Coconut, pleaseCoconut, please
SPF and silenceSPF & silence
Water mirrorWater mirror
The Craft

Before / after

Natural light does most of the work — the edit only remembers how the moment felt. Drag the line.

RAW frame Edited frame
RAWAmalia's edit
Moments

Flick through

Poolside, later
Girls' day
Slow afternoon
Santorini blue
Water mirror
Drag a card aside — like postcards on a table
Desert sunset
The desert applauds every sunset.
Dubai desert · golden hour
Chapter 04

City days

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Days between flights: boutiques, fitting rooms, iced lattes — and the best company.

Downtown Dubai at nightDowntown · midnight
Fitting roomsProof we behaved
The Route

Brașov → the world

Brașov
home · the Carpathians
Milan
fashion weeks
Santorini
in white
Dubai
second home
The Desert
golden hours
Bali
next chapter
Always In Her Bag

The essentials

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Sony Alpha

Natural light, minimal retouch — the photo should feel like the moment.

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DJI Drone

For the minutes when the city looks like a map.

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Film Camera

One roll per country. No previews, no retakes.

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Kindle

Psychology, photography, architecture — airport chapters.

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Notebook

The travel diary she has kept since she was fourteen.

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SPF

Non-negotiable. Sunrises are earned, not burned.

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Mini Perfume

Bergamot, cedar, fig — one scent per chapter of life.

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Flat White

Not in the bag — but always within reach.

Wearing · Shooting With

Quiet luxury only

Toteme Loewe COS Massimo Dutti Jacquemus Saint Laurent Polène New Balance Sony DJI Apple

Minimalism · Neutral palette · Linen, silk, leather

For Brands

Media kit

Formats

  • Editorial photo stories
  • Short-form video & reels
  • Hotel & destination features
  • Long-term ambassadorships

Content pillars

  • Boutique hotels & resorts
  • Cities, architecture & light
  • Quiet-luxury fashion
  • Food, cafés & slow living

Working regions

  • Middle East — based in Dubai
  • Europe — Milan & the Mediterranean
  • Southeast Asia — Bali
  • Worldwide by arrangement
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Collaborations

Let's tell a story
worth remembering.

Hotels, tourism boards, fashion labels and lifestyle brands — Amalia produces photo & video stories that blend naturally with her personal style.

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