Stories in two directions

Aerial & cave
photography

Photo stories shaped by flight,
caves and the karst landscape.

Selected works

Aerial panorama of flooded Cerkniško polje, where winding blue channels surround a green island beneath distant hills. — Cerkniško polje National Geographic Slovenia · 2022

The Milky Way fills the sky beyond Rakov Škocjan's natural bridge while a person lights the towering rock opening. — Enlightened (All Milky Ways Lead to Rakov Škocjan) National Geographic Slovenia · 2023

Top-down aerial view of colourful shipping containers arranged in dense rows around cranes and docked cargo vessels. — From Above Views from the air

A luminous frozen pool fills the foreground while a caver stands beneath layered rock in Paradana Ice Cave. — Below Ground Caves & underground rivers

A paraglider hangs beneath a pale sunrise sky above an unbroken sea of fog and distant hills. — In Flight Paragliding & movement

A wider nighttime aerial view follows glowing roads and roundabouts through a dark residential townscape. — After Dark Night skies & storms

A green island and scattered trees rise from expansive shallow floodwater beneath streaked blue-and-white clouds. — Water & Ice Flooded poljes & winter

A broad crimson tree stands alone on a dark meadow, its canopy bright beneath radiating white clouds. — Land & Life Nature & life outdoors

About

Žan Kafol

I’m a photographer and software engineer based in Postojna, Slovenia.

Photography grew alongside paragliding and caving. The camera moves between long views from the air, the darkness of the karst and night landscapes close to home.

More photo stories

Location: Postojna
Slovenia
Institute: Karst Research Institute
ZRC SAZU
Photography practice: Aerial, cave, nature
and night photography

Featured & awarded

Two-time overall winner Cerkniško polje, 2022 · Enlightened (All Milky Ways Lead to Rakov Škocjan), 2023

Mayor's Award, Postojna, 2024 Special achievements in photography and promotion of the Municipality of Postojna, Slovenia

I Am Nikon photo contest, second place, 2010 Photo titled Jaz sem Raketa (I Am a Rocket) won second place on I Am Nikon photo contest

Published in

24ur

RTV Slovenija

STA

Delo

Primorske novice

Radio 94

Tourist ambassador for Visit Postojnsko (Tourism Postojna)

Press & interviews

Red Radio 94 interview graphic pairs portraits of Žan Kafol and the host with the title Photography of Postojna from Above and Below Ground.

Fotografija Postojne iz zraka in pod zemljo

Radio 94, 2026

Žan Kafol displays the framed Mayor's Award beside mayor Igor Marentič during the 2024 Municipality of Postojna ceremony.

Mayor's Award for Photography, 2024

Municipality of Postojna, 2024

Outdoor portrait of Žan Kafol in glasses and a dark jacket, with a softly blurred mountain horizon beneath a pale evening sky.

Prepih na obisku: Žan Kafol

Prepih, 2024

The Milky Way shines through an irregular cave opening surrounded by dark limestone and foliage in an RTV Slovenija interview still.

Da si lahko zares ustvarjalen, moraš včasih kršiti ustaljene okvire

RTV SLO, interview, 2023

A star-filled Milky Way is framed by a deep, foliage-edged cave opening in a dark RTV Slovenija interview still.

Če si amater, še ne pomeni, da si slab

RTV SLO, interview, 2023

Žan Kafol speaks with a presenter in the colourful Dobro jutro television studio while a cave photograph fills the monitor between them.

Dvakratni zmagovalec National Geographica

Dobro jutro, RTV SLO, 2023

Če se hočeš umakniti, greš gor ali pa dol

neDelo, 2023

Žan Kafol smiles beside a large exhibition print of the Milky Way framed by the rocky opening at Rakov Škocjan.

Žanu Kafolu se je v poletni noči vse poklopilo

Radio 94, 2023

A Primorska kronika presenter stands in the television studio beside a large screen showing Žan Kafol speaking outdoors.

Razsvetljenje v Rakovem Škocjanu

Primorska kronika, TV Koper, 2023

A television reporter interviews Žan Kafol beside calm water in the karst landscape, with wooded hills glowing in late sunlight.

Znova izbranec National Geographica

Prvi dnevnik, RTV SLO, 2023

Aerial closing frame from Na sončni strani looks across fields and a settlement toward low hills beneath programme production credits.

Žan Kafol: Na sončni strani

TV Koper, RTV SLO, 2023

Preview of the Prepih article Žan Kafol: od zgoraj, od blizu, showing the interview text and two photographs from a presentation.

Žan Kafol: od zgoraj, od blizu

Prepih, 2022

A helmeted Žan Kafol in red caving gear smiles inside a narrow cave passage beneath a small Slovenian flag marker.

Nedeljski klepet: Žan Kafol

Radio 94, 2022

Radio 94 coverage graphic presents the award-winning aerial panorama of flooded Cerkniško polje beneath the words Veliki zmagovalec.

Žan Kafol zmagal na natečaju National Geographica

Radio 94, 2022

If you want to get away, you go up or down.
Žan Kafol, neDelo, 2023

All posts

Microplastics in Postojna Cave: Another Month of Monitoring

With Raffaele, Blaž and Magdalena in Postojna Cave, changing samples for a study of microplastics settling out of the cave air.

Sep 4, 2026Caves

Planina Cave: Technical Work, No Time to Pose

Four boats, two divers and a fast-moving technical operation at Skrivnostno jezero in Planinska jama.

Aug 13, 2026Cave diving

Crescent Sun 🌒

A partial solar eclipse over Slovenia, seen through cloud and evening haze from Vremščica.

Aug 12, 2026Solar eclipse