Niccolò Banfi

Niccolò Banfi is an Italian explorer, photographer and speaker whose work focuses on the planet's most isolated islands and the human stories connected to them. Through his project Remoteness: Eyes to the Edge, he travels to some of the most remote islands on Earth to document their unique character and the communities who call them home.

In 2022 he completed a 52-day sailing expedition across the South Atlantic, from Argentina to South Africa by way of Antarctica, South Georgia and Tristan da Cunha, covering 5,600 nautical miles. In 2023 he spent more than 30 days in the northern Cook Islands, including Manihiki and Rakahanga. In 2024, aboard an early 1900s sailing ship, he crossed the South Pacific to explore the Pitcairn Islands, the Marquesas, the Society Islands and Tonga, a 90-day voyage of 6,500 nautical miles.