Denis Katzer, who was born in Nuremberg in 1960, has made travel his raison d'être. On completion of his vocational training and German military service with a special unit, he worked as a sales manager and began his expeditions to remote indigenous peoples in 1983.

In 1991, he abandoned his job and embarked on his life’s project: The Long Journey. During his stopovers, the adventurer, author, photographer and film-maker publishes his experiences in magazines and journals, gives lectures, writes books and works on film documentaries.

Tanja Katzer, born in Nuremberg in 1970, is a trained travel agent and photographic model. She has accompanied Denis Katzer on his long journey since 1991. Together with him, she documents her life project as a photographer and film director. On her often spectacular excursions, she has crossed the “Desert of Death” (Taklamakan) in Western China with Denis, at times on foot, and was the first European to ride 1,500 kilometres on camels through wild Pakistan.