About Kimberley Media - Stock photos Western Australia
Richard Costin and Annabelle Sandes are keen naturalists and photographers who have spent many years on the Kimberley coast and interior, documenting the extraordinary wildlife and landscape of this magnificent region.
Richard grew up in the Snowy Mountains of NSW, and has an unbridled passion for the Kimberley coast and interior. For the last 34 years Richard has lived and worked in the Kimberley - walking and exploring vast tracts of the Kimberley wilderness. An accomplished stills photographer and documentary film maker, Richard has completed two magnificent DVD documentaries: "Heart of the Kimberley - Wildwater Country" and "Heart of the Kimberley - Birds of Paradise", and also "Kimberley Calling", a collection of Kimberley bush audio tracks. Richard has two new films in production.
In addition to his film work, Richard spends much of the year on the remote Kimberley coast as a naturalist, guide and cruise director on one of the Kimberley charter boats. He is now concentrating on documenting the Kimberley's underwater realm.
Richard's partner Annabelle has lived in the Kimberley for the past twelve years following a career in fine art and auctioneering in Sydney. Annabelle studied fine arts at Sydney University, followed by postgraduate wildlife illustration and photography at the University of Newcastle, and after moving to the Kimberley spent six years running Mt Hart, a wilderness lodge on the remote Gibb River Road, where she was able to combine her passions for fine food, wilderness, flora and fauna.
Now based in Broome, for the past six years she has concentrated on painting and photography, exhibiting in Broome and Melbourne. Annabelle was a finalist in the 2010 British Natural History Museum's Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.