KEVIN BENCKENDORF
A glowing tent beneath the Milky Way on the Snowman Trek, Bhutan
Wildlife & Documentary Photography

Stories from the far edges of the map.

Wildlife and human stories from six continents.

01 Stories
A sulfur miner climbs out of the Ijen crater through the smoke
01

Devil’s Gold

Kawah Ijen · East Java, Indonesia

Miners climb into a burning crater and carry out nearly their own body weight in sulfur. Twice a day, for a few dollars a load.

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A trekker rests before a wall of snow peaks on the Snowman Trek
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The Snowman Trek

Lunana · Bhutan — Sep–Oct 2025

Twenty-seven days on foot through the highest kingdom on earth. A route more people quit than complete.

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A marine iguana swims through turquoise water in the Galápagos
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Salt & Scales

Galápagos · Ecuador — 2023

The only lizard on earth that feeds in the sea, and the strange, fearless island world it rules.

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02 Selected Work
Young orangutan in dappled light, Sumatra
Sumatra
A lone figure at the acid crater lake of Kawah Ijen
Kawah Ijen
Blue-footed booby, Galápagos
Galápagos
Orangutan chewing a leaf, black and white
Sumatra
Himalayan peak emerging from clouds, Bhutan
Bhutan
Orangutan hand and foot, black and white
Sumatra
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