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Michael Runkel (www.michaelrunkel.com) is a professional travel photographer with a focus on UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world.

His collection covers photos from all 193 UN countries worldwide. For more photos visit: http://michaelrunkel.com Bilder aus allen Erdteilen und Ländern. Mehr zu sehen unter www.michaelrunkel.com.

28/10/2026

Making the connection: oftentimes I’m asked how I connect personally with people when I’m on the road. For me language is a vital part of it (though it’s possible to get by with Translate)… still, I’m happy I can speak a few languages, especially when sitting with community leaders.

In this sitting in Agadez with a “dangaladima“ (a vizier, or Sultan’s chief deputy) I was able to communicate in French and listen to their decision—- settling a local a crime with camels as payment. 🐫

Curious to know who out there speaks a few languages and if so, which ones?

26/10/2026

… Finding the Flower Men of Qhatani: I had a contact at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism who put me in touch with the leader of the flower men in the Asir Mountains. Using Google Translate, we arranged to meet at a gas station somewhere in the mountains. He arrived in a Jeep, and from there we drove further and further up extremely rough roads. At last we reached a coffee farm and saw a small group of men- both young and old- bedecked in their flower and herb wreaths as if it were the most natural thing in the world. 🌸

At first we were unable to exchange a single word. They spoke only Arabic with a strong accent— I spoke no Arabic. However, their friendliness was immediately apparent, and by using Translate we were able to communicate quite quickly.

Their hospitality, politeness, and curiosity about encountering a Westerner-apparently a first for them—made the whole experience a special moment.

I tried to explain everything I was doing to them through the translator, and in return, they showed me how they grow their coffee in this extremely arid region. Later, we were even joined by a coffee buyer from Riyadh, and I was able to watch as they made their sale to him.

Excerpt from “Last Voices”

25/10/2026

Earlier in September I had the fortune of meeting with people in the Humbe community in southwestern Angola. Like many tribes in this region they raise cattle as a core symbol of wealth and status, and create the most intricate, collection-worthy textiles and baskets.

But it’s their complex ceremonial hairstyles called “fico” they’re best known for— “elephant ear” designs crafted using natural fibers, butterfat, and ochre.

It’s always an honor to be able to capture images of people pretty up close and personal in their daily lives— I don’t take it for granted. Despite language barriers we always manage to have a laugh together, and happy to see their pride and humanity comes across for them.

23/10/2026

“The longer I’ve traveled, the more I’ve realized that every way of life has its own logic— despite how different we are, everyone ultimately has the same basic needs. Most people just want a peaceful life, family, children, and a stable social environment.

That’s why I’ve always been especially interested in traditional communities. Not because they are from some bygone era, but because they often know exactly how to live in a particular landscape.

They read the weather, the animals, the soil, the water, the seasons. They know when to move on, when to wait, when to share, when to stay silent.

Much of this knowledge is not written in any book. It is told, observed, copied, and passed on.”

-Excerpt from “Last Voices”

22/10/2026

Snapshots from Siberia: having the chance to travel with the Nenets, a nomadic people living on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberian Russia, was one of my highlights in the past few years. I was able to join four families on the annual seasonal migration and experience how they live at “Yamal” (literally meaning the edge of the world ). We slept together, ate together, traveled together. More on their incredible survivalist lifestyle throughout the weekend.

20/10/2026

Grateful for everyone who has picked up the book. For new faces around here, my name is Michael— over the years, I’ve traveled to every country on earth and almost every region and territory with camera in hand.

I’ve documented landscapes off-limits, architecture spanning millennia, wildlife found today only in the quiet corners of the earth. But my favorite moments have been photographing people—it’s the people who are the bellwether, they’re the template for how knowledge is passed, and how deeply they’re intertwined with landscape and memory. A possibility and hope and in the end, what it means to be human.

Head up to my stories or comments if you like— I’m doing an AMA and happy to answer any of your questions about travel, photos, my most suprising meal on the road 😉

18/10/2026

Ghost town: Soaring through the abandoned São Martinho dos Tigres on Ihle dos Tigres off the coast of Namibe Province in southern Angola.

Once a major Portuguese fishing hub since the 1800s, a violent storm in 1962 breached the sandy peninsula connecting it to the mainland, turning it into an island and cutting off its fresh water supply, leading to its complete abandonment.

16/10/2026

Tribes of flight: the Mohana people are an ancient indigenous fisherfolk community (one of the oldest in the world) in Pakistan who live primarily on floating wooden houseboats along the Indus River.

They’ve trained sea birds to fish form them (such as cormorants and herons) and underwater diving techniques with bird head-masks. They live only on their boats, often dubbed “The Kinds of the Sea” or “Nomads of the Waves”.

Their way of life is fast disappearing due to pollution, climate change and globalization.

13/10/2026

A truly unique place in the south of Angola. For Kilometers Cormorans wait while sitting on the sand dunes for the fish to come the shoreline of the Iona National Park.

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