About Sandie

From the Moulin Rouge to the Young Australian Photographic Journalist of the Year, discover more about Sandie here!

Hi there! I’m Sandie!

Born in Paris, France, I moved to Australia as a young child with my family. There wasn’t any particular moment when I suddenly found my passion for photography – it was simply always there!

It all started when I was a mere glint in my father’s eye. My Mum was a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, my Dad the sound guy.

Obviously, the only possible next step was for the two of them to get married! Even though I was a Moulin Rouge baby through and through, we moved from Paris to Perth when I was just 4.5 years old.

I started taking photos in high school and didn’t stop until I found myself working as a photojournalist for the West Australian. Here I won the Young Australian Photographic Journalist of the Year by the Walkley Foundation, which only pushed me to keep working and keep learning! I truly believe a picture is worth a thousand words, and I love telling stories through photography.

For me, wedding photography wasn’t exactly love at first sight, it was more of a slow burn. I began photographing weddings back in 2006, simply because the opportunity was there. With time though, it grew to be one of my favourite things. Photographing weddings is a unique chance to spend my most important days at work surrounded by joy and love and beautiful couples who’ve entrusted me with their most important memories. Not only that, photographing a wedding is a chance to document a real and important story.