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.

Photo essays and single frames, from the Snowman Trek in Bhutan to the sulfur mines of Kawah Ijen.

Stories
A sulfur carrier on the crater ridge of Kawah Ijen, smoke rising behind him
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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Alpenglow on a Himalayan peak, Bhutan
02

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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Young Sumatran orangutan sitting among branches in dappled rainforest light, black and white
Sumatra
Close-up of an orangutan chewing a leaf, eyes half closed, black and white
Sumatra
Jagged snow-dusted Himalayan peak breaking through a sea of clouds, Bhutan
Bhutan
Blue-footed booby standing on lava rock in green grass, Galápagos
Galápagos
Lone miner standing on a rock at the milky turquoise acid lake of Kawah Ijen, shrouded in sulfur mist
Kawah Ijen
Orangutan hand and foot grasping a branch, seen from below, black and white
Sumatra
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