Michael Runkel / DanitaDelimont Art

Michael Runkel is a United States-based commercial and freelance travel photographer who has been in this business for many years. Runkel was born in Bavaria, Germany, and he discovered his passion for adventure travel at a young age. His work is available through brick and mortar stores, online shops, and agencies including Mauritius-images, Danita Delimont, Corbis, Getty, and many more. These are some of the world’s leading stock photo agencies known to deal only with photographers who produce high quality images. Runkel has photographed in bout 180 countries around the world. This explains why he gets invites from some of the most esteemed clients in the world. Runkel challenges what many photographers believe that a photograph only captures one specific moment in time. He has a technique that not only re-examines the medium of photography itself but creates images that are visually striking. Runkel’s photographs have found their way into some of the most prestigious buildings in the world, especially the framed Michael Runkel art. He’s much inspired by the positive reviews he receives from art critics. Runkel ‘s images have appeared in advertising, magazines, newspapers, guidebooks, and various multimedia all over the world, including the National Geographic Traveler, New York Times, Lonely Planet, Conde Nast, Penguin Books, Rough Guides, and more. He’s one of the most traveled photographers in the world, and his journeys have taken him to about 180 countries where h has captured his stunning images. He has a photo collection of more than 1.2 million images. These images are of wildlife, people, travel destinations, ancient temples, archaeological sites and traditional lifestyles, among others.