Richard Sidey is a professional freelance photographer, filmmaker and digital media designer based in the stunning mountain town of Wanaka, New Zealand. A keen outdoor adventure, Richard enjoys mixing nature with media and undertaking expeditions to remote corners of the globe to share their beauty.

Richard spends part of the year at sea working onboard Tourist Vessels as an Expedition Photographer, travelling to the spectacular polar regions of the planet and other remote locations. His travel blog features his latest trips, including voyages to the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Chilean Fjords, The Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Antarctica and West Africa. Read a recent biography about Richard and his expedition photography here....

This website is a portfolio of his work and hosts several photo galleries as well as a collection of short films and animations. Happy viewing...

RichardSidey.com 2010 Showreel
Watch Richard's latest showreel online featuring some of his personal, freelance and professional media work from the past few years.

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News Archive | Quick Links
Past Updates
* Slide screened at the AllShorts Film Festival in Oct '11.
* A new website for our Bikes for Africa documentary.
* An animated music video for the talented Hana Fahy
* Richard's film Landscapes at the World's Ends has won 'Best NZ Cinematography' at the Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival and has screened at the: Byron Bay Film Festival / San Francisco Ocean Film Festival / Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival / Documentary Edge Festival / St Petersburg Maritime Film Festival / American Conservation Film Festival.
* The shop is now open! You can order DVDs online.
* A new 2010 showreel is online on the Digital Media gallery.

In the Media
* A TVNZ interview with Richard Sidey on Good Morning
* An interview with Richard Sidey in Latitude Magazine
* An article on Richard Sidey in The Christchurch Press
* Richard's work published in Vanguardia Magazine.

Online Video Clips
• Watching the Northern Lights from Iceland
• Swimming with singing Humpback Whales in Vava'u
* Sumo westling Elephant Seals on Japanese TV
* A time lapse of the River Thames in London
* Grønlapse with an original soundtrack by Boreal Taiga
* Elephant Seals fighting on the beaches of South Georgia
* A time lapse of a Panama Canal transit
* Aeon is now streaming at NZ on Screen
* The Best It's Ever Been, a music video for Brian Rein Morris.

Film Festival Awards
* Best NZ Cinematography (Landscapes) - Reel Earth 2011
* Special Mention (Landscapes) - Documentary Edge 2011
* Best Student Film (Aeon) - American Conservation 2007
* Best NZ Short Film (Aeon) - DocNZ 2005

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Contact Info
Email | sideyman@hotmail.com
Phone | +64 22 6594122 (New Zealand)
Skype| sideyman

Photography & Video Channels
Flickr | YouTube | Vimeo

Website Credits
RichardSidey.com appreciates the support of Spirit of Baraka. This page was aided with the odd bit of advice from internet guru and handsome man Jonathan Stening.

All content on RichardSidey.com is © Richard Sidey 2010

Latest News
For the freshest updates, visit the RichardSidey.com Media Blog

Inner - Music Video with Miriama Young
Filmed in Iceland & New Zealand, my latest music video features the Scotland-based Kiwi, Miriama Young, an award winning musician.. We filmed this amongst dynmaic geothermal fields and tremendous waterfalls that populate the Icelandic landscape. It was an complete pleasure to work with such a professional composer and an absolutely beautiful song. Please watch it full-screen with headphones!

Bikes for Africa - Documentary Promo
Here is the first promo for my Bikes for Africa documentary, due 2012. The shipping container is packed full of bikes and Hap & Mandy are on their way to Namibia! Visit the Bikes for Africa website.

Landscapes at the World's Ends wins awards
and is released on a Special Edition DVD
Richard's 2010 non-verbal experimental documentary Landscapes at the World's Ends has picked up the award for 'Best New Zealand Cinematography' at the 2011 Reel Earth Film Festival. The film also recieved a 'Special Mention' at the Documentary Edge Festival in February 2011. A special edition DVD of this film can be orderd from his online shop for a limited time.

Click here for more information about the film, screenings and tickets or watch a TVNZ television interview with Richard about his film here.

...and two semi-recent Music Videos...

Hazel Boot - Home
A video made without a lens. 'Home' is 100% shot with a pinhole camera with NZ artist Hazel Boot, in a collective response to the Christchurch Earthquakes. More here

Hana Fahy - Slide
A stop motion animation video for Dunedin based soul artist Hana Fahy with her track Slide off her 2010 EP, World Still Turns..