THE FILE 100,000+ 35mm, 10,000+ medium-format and panoramic; 5,000+ hi-res digital, all formats.

OVERVIEW Wide coverage of people, places and things throughout Australia, often from an editorial point of view.

NATURAL HISTORY Australian fauna, flora, landscapes and landforms, including abstracts, aerials, closeups; emphasis on outback regions; aboriginal culture and art.

GENERAL STOCK Australia: A wide range of social and geographic topics, including industry, agriculture, people, rural and urban lifestyles.

ENVIRONMENTAL Australian landforms, use/abuse, including agricultural practice, deforestation, salinization.

SPECIALTIES Though a certain amount of Bachman's work is in the corporate/advertising field, he is primarily an editorial shooter. He is involved in many large magazine and book projects, and is Australian Geographic's most published freelancer. He has photographed several travel guidebooks and produced many photoessays and photo/text packages, both on his own and in collaboration with other writers. "Our library has developed a good 'big-project' reputation," he says.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS Australia: Extensive coverage of all states, including most major cities. Many national parks and wilderness areas. Other: Bali, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Montana, Turkey, Croatia.

RECENT COVERAGE Extensive coverage of Melbourne. Lake Como, Italy. Fly fishing in Montana. General coverage of eastern and southern Tasmania. A book on Australia's largest and most important river, the Murray. Magazine stories on fauna of the Daly River, Northern Territory; Strzelecki Desert, South Australia; Yarra River, Victoria. General coverage of Perth and Northwest Shelf Project onshore industrial activities, Pilbara Region, Western Australia; Limestone Coast, South Australia.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANS Hong Kong, late October 2006

CREDITS Wide coverage of photo features, covers and photo/text packages. Magazines: Australian Geographic, Australian Way, BBC Wildlife, BP Magazine, Club Marine, Discovery, Earth, GEO, Horizon, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, Powder, NG Traveler/Adventure, many airline inflights worldwide. Books: Australian Geographic, National Geographic, Penguin, Reader's Digest, Rigby Heinemann, Weldon Owen, dozens of guidebook and textbook publishers worldwide. Author/Photographer: Animal Vegetable Mineral (boxed set of cards featuring abstract landscapes and nature closeups, 1996), Local Colour: Travels in the Other Australia (Local Colour, 1994/2000/2002; published in U.S. as Australian Colors, 1998, 2000), Off the Road Again (Lothian, 1989), Special Delivery: Aussie Mailboxes and Other Roadside Attractions (Lothian, 2000). Sole Photographer: Australia Handbook and Outback Australia Handbook (Moon, 1997), Dream Vintage (Mitchelton Wines, 1998), Introduction to Australia (Odyssey, 1999/2001), The Murray River (Australian Geographic, 2000). Calendars: Australian Conservation Foundation, Canon. Awards: Australian Geographic 1995 Photographer of the Year. Agents: A.N.T., Stock Photos (Australia), Photo Researchers (NY), PPS (Tokyo), Alamy, Wildlight.

COMMENTS Bill and Sally Bachman (Sally is the library manager) have traveled extensively throughout Australia for the past 20 years and have excellent knowledge of the country. They reside in Melbourne. Though the archive is mostly film-based, Bill has been shooting digitally for four years and all recent material is hi-res digital ranging from 30-50MB. They also produce high quality film scans in-house.