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Robert Michael Poole has written for a wide variety of magazines, newspaper and new media sources such as: AP, BBC, CNN, MTV, Interview, the Wall Street Journal, and global inflight travel magazines.

Robert Michael Poole has written for a wide variety of magazines, newspaper and new media sources such as: AP, CNN, MTV, Interview, the Wall Street Journal, and global inflight travel magazines. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Culture+Travel and Head of Asia at Blouin Artinfo.


Where RMP is going NEXT...

2023 August / Uganda, Rwanda & Burundi

Back to paradise to shoot with Maldives Tourism & More

Selected Articles:

What it’s like to live on the most remote island on Earth

by Robert Michael Poole

In a world that is increasingly interconnected, where remote corners have been explored and exploited, this year I found myself yearning for a place that defies the conventions of modern travel, somewhere authentic and, quite literally, far away from it all. So I set out on a journey to the remotest island on Earth.

Travel Assouline 2023 May

The Ocean Club

by Robert Michael Poole

Delighted to see my work used throughout the new book “The Ocean Club” published by Assouline and written by James Reginato of Vanity Fair.

The Ocean Club in The Bahamas is one of the globe’s most storied and iconic hotels, and the location of two James Bond movies. Now its story is told through photos including many taken over two shoots by myself in a new book published by Assouline.

Travel Daily Telegraph 2021 February

Fancy a Grown-Up Getaway?

by Robert Michael Poole

With the children at home until at least March and cabin fever setting in, The Sunday Telegraph reveals the world's finest adults-only escapes for when we can travel again. Go on - you deserve it!

Of course, we all love children. Especially on holiday. Their happy, sun-tanned faces, Their excited squeals. Their wide-eyed wonder. But… maybe after weeks and weeks of lockdown, the hours and hours of home schooling and the general claustrophobia, we could all do with a break.
A week or two of absence might make our overstretched hearts grow a little fonder. If ever there was a year for an adults-only holiday, this is surely it.

Travel Vogue 2020 August

10 Reasons Why The Dominican Republic Should Be On Your Must-Visit List

by Robert Michael Poole

Long-haul journeys might not feel like a realistic expectation for 2020, but when it comes to planning our next getaways, one Vogue staffer tells what it meant for her to grow up in one of the Caribbean’s most beautiful destinations.

Reportage Daily Telegraph 2019 September

Business as usual in the Caribbean

by Robert Michael Poole

Step out of bed into a warm turquoise sea

I get wary when a beach in the Caribbean is described as having “pink” sand, yet here I am holding a handful of grains and shell fragments that are without a doubt roseate…

  • Photography

    Inspired by French-Vietnamese Director Tran Anh Hung’s masterpiece "The Vertical Ray of the Sun," my works have appeared across international media and are available upon request or assignment.

  • Photography

    Inspired by French-Vietnamese Director Tran Anh Hung’s masterpiece "The Vertical Ray of the Sun," my works have appeared across international media and are available upon request or assignment.

  • Photography

    Inspired by French-Vietnamese Director Tran Anh Hung’s masterpiece "The Vertical Ray of the Sun," my works have appeared across international media and are available upon request or assignment.

Photography

Inspired by French-Vietnamese Director Tran Anh Hung’s masterpiece "The Vertical Ray of the Sun," my works have appeared across international media and are available upon request or assignment.


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Soroca Fort, Moldova 🇲🇩🏰

In the far north of Moldova is Soroca Fort is a very old historic fort which is located in the city of Soroca in the northern part of the Republic of Moldova, overlooking the Dnister River and the border with Ukraine.

Considered to have played an important part of the Moldovan defense system, the fort was constructed in 1499 by the Voivode of Moldavia, Stephen the Great, and completed by his son, the Voivode Petru Rareş.

The current building displays elaborate characteristics of late medieval fortifications. The walls are not built straight but in a curved shape to better resist projectiles, as are the four outer towers.

The entire building has a diameter of 30 meters, and 4 meters for each tower. Each tower has 4 levels, of which the first two lower ones were used for artillery. The walls are 3 meters thick

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Capriana Monastery, Moldova 🇲🇩⛪️

Kicking off my Moldovia series from my road trip around the country at Capriana Monastery, one of the most picturesque Moldavian monasteries, founded in 1429. It is situated 40km north-east of Chisinau.

The biggest monastic library in Moldova is saved here and the interior was being restored while I visited. Actually it was partially ruined during Soviet times and was fully reconstructed in 1989, and opened to visitors since 2008.

Capriana monastery situated in one of the most beautiful forest massifs – in Codru and it is considered to be a cradle of Moldavian written language, music and architecture.

There are three churches on the premises: the Assumption of Madonna – the oldest church, the Saint Nikolas church known for its unique frescos and the Saint George church that was built in a late baroque style.

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The Remotest Place on Earth! 🌎

More drone shots from Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most isolated island where people actually live!

The main goal of my cruise from Argentina via Antartica to South Africa, was to visit this place… a geographic anamoly, lying 1,732 miles west of Cape Town, 3,949 miles east from South America and 2,437 miles south of Saint Helena.

Some 238 people live here, with no airstrip, 5 to 6 days sailing from the nearest land. Visits by passing ships usually number around 4 per year, but no other soul had set foot here since 2019.

Tristan da Cunha is an active volcano and UNESCO site due to its extraordinary wildlife and a small community of humans have been living here since the early 1800s, as isolated as it’s possible to be!

Read my full story at @telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/what-its-like-to-live-on-the-most-remote-island-on-earth/

With @swanhelleniccruises

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Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia 🧊

Even on an island where spectacular landscapes are the norm, Drygalski Fjord is an extraordinary place.

Surrounded by enormous peaks on the southern tip of South Georgia, its long tongue of water terminates in magnificent blue glaciers calving straight into the sea, making it a breathtaking place for a ship cruise.

The 8.5 mile (14km) long fjord is named for Eric von Drygalski, leader of the German Antarctic Expedition of 1901-03.

The fjord sits above an important geological faultline – the mountains on the southern side are basalt and lava from underwater volcanic activity, while the northern shore is part of the ancient edge of the Gondwana continent, and some of the oldest rocks in the Southern Ocean.

Glaciers cover the mountains, with the Risting and Jenkins Glaciers providing a truly majestic scene as they slowly pour into the head of the fjord.

With @swanhelleniccruises and @bennberkeley

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