{{short description|New Zealand photographer}} '''Grant Sheehan''' is a New Zealand photographer, writer, publisher, and film-maker raised in Nelson and now based in Wellington.
Sheehan’s photographs have featured in magazines and newspapers such as Condé Nast Traveler and the New York Times,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/dronestagrams-view.html|title=Dronestagram's View|work=The New York Times |date=5 June 2015 |access-date=2018-10-28|language=en}}</ref> and in over 30 books, including ''The Time Traveller's Guide to the Hamilton Gardens, In Memory of Travel, The Night Watchers: New Zealand Landscapes, Eye in the Sky: A Drone Above New Zealand, Landmarks – Historic Buildings of New Zealand''; ''Cafés of the World'', the internationally successful series ''A Place to Stay – Hotels of the World'', ''Planet Penguin'' and ''New Zealand Landscapes from Northland to Antarctica''.
He has twice won the New Zealand Travel Photographer of the Year Award<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://travcom.org.nz/about-us/archives/38-travcom/117-awards#awards-from-1992-onwards|title=Awards|website=travcom.org.nz|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-10-28}}</ref> (2002 and 2008), with images from international assignments. His work has been exhibited in galleries<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date= |title=GRANT SHEEHAN - GHOSTS IN THE LANDSCAPE - Pataka |url=https://pataka.org.nz/whats/exhibitions/grant-sheehan-ghosts-in-the-landscape/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |work=Pataka |language=en-US}}</ref> and museums.
In 2023, Sheehan was the subject of the documentary film by Robin Greenberg,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robin Greenberg Films |url=https://robingreenbergfilms.click/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |language=en}}</ref> ''Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams – Robin Greenberg Films |url=https://robingreenbergfilms.click/grant-sheehan-light-ghosts-dreams/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |language=en}}</ref> which featured in the 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.nziff.co.nz/2023/archive/grant-sheehan-light-ghosts-dreams/ |title=Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-10-15 |via=www.nziff.co.nz}}</ref>
Sheehan’s son Rhian Sheehan is a New Zealand composer and producer.
== Awards ==
*2024 Diamond Award – Best Documentary Feature, 18th Annual SoCal Film Awards for ''Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-30 |title=Past Winners |url=https://socalfilmawards.com/past-winners-all/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=SoCal Film Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 Gold Award – Documentary Feature, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards for ''Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spotlight Documentary Film Awards {{!}} 2024 Awards |url=https://www.spotlightdocawards.com/2024awards.html}}</ref> * 2023 Pride in Print, Gold Medal Award for ''In Memory of Travel''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prideinprintawards.co.nz/assets/2023/2023-Gold-Highly-Commended-v2.pdf/|title=Pride In Print Awards {{!}} 2023 Winners|website=www.prideinprintawards.co.nz|language=en-US|access-date=2024-10-15}}</ref> * 2023 Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resene.co.nz/total-colour-awards/winners-2023-colour-awards.htm/|title=Resene Total Colour Awards 2023 {{!}} 2023 Winners|website=www.www.resene.co.nz|language=en-US|access-date=2024-10-15}}</ref> * 2013 Pride in Print, Gold Medal award in Publishing Category, Process Category and Gold award overall winner for ''Ghosts in the Landscape''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prideinprintawards.co.nz/award-winners/2013-winners/|title=Pride In Print Awards {{!}} 2013 Winners|website=www.prideinprintawards.co.nz|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-28}}</ref> * 2011 Winner, Travcom Pictorial Travel Book of the year award for ''New Zealand Landscapes, Northland to Antarctica''<ref name=":0" /> * 2009 Runner-up, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award<ref name=":0" /> * 2009 Runner-up, Highly Commended Jucy Rentals Award for the Best Travel Image Taken In New Zealand and Pacific Islands<ref name=":0" /> * 2008 Winner, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award<ref name=":0" /> * 2008 Runner-up, The Leica Award for the Best Travel Image Taken Outside New Zealand<ref name=":0" /> * 2008 Highly Commended, The Air Vanuatu and Le Meridian Port Vila Resort & Casino Award for the Best Series of Travel Images<ref name=":0" /> * 2004 Third place, Avis Award for Best New Zealand Image<ref name=":0" /> * 2002 Winner, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award<ref name=":0" /> * 1998 Runner-up, Travcom Maui Travel Photographer of the Year with the Sheraton Auckland Hotel and Towers<ref name=":0" /> * 1997 Runner-up, American Express and Sheraton Auckland Hotel and Towers Award Photographic Award<ref name=":0" />
== Notable exhibitions ==
* 2021 ''Does Ava Dream?'' Refinery Gallery, Nelson * 2020 ''Does Ava Dream?'' Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grant Sheehan Does Ava Dream? |url=https://pataka.org.nz/whats/exhibitions/grant-sheehan-does-ava-dream/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=pataka.org.nz |language=en-nz}}</ref> Porirua * 2014 ''Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs.'' Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka,<ref name=":1" /> Porirua * 2012 ''Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs'', Photographers Gallery, Hawke's Bay * 2012 ''Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs'', New Zealand landscape, Hedspace, Masterton. * 2009 ''Antarctic Images, Photographs of Antarctic from the Sea'' – Joint exhibition, Bowen Gallery, Wellington. * 2008 ''Photo Synthesis'' – New Photographs, Bowen Gallery, Wellington. * 1994 ''Five Photographers – Works by five photographers'', supported by Tradenz, Beijing, China. * 1994 ''Lest We Forget – Wellington Photographers'', Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington. * 1992 ''New Zealand Dance: Works by various photographers'' – toured nationally by the Regional Arts Council. * 1989 ''Leading Lights, Light Houses of New Zealand'' – A documentation of New Zealand’s lighthouses – toured nationally by Tower Corporation. * 1989 ''Works on Walls'' – Southern Cross Gallery, Auckland. * 1988 ''Historic Wellington Buildings'' – Funded by Historic Places Trust, Antrim House, Wellington. * 1983 ''Wellington Photographs'' – one-person show, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington.
== Selected publications ==
* 2024 ''The Time Traveller's Guide to the Hamilton Gardens,'' text by Peter Sergel, photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9781738625000}} * 2022 ''In Memory of Travel,'' by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780994128577}} * 2020 ''The Making of Does Ava Dream'' by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780994128560}} * 2020 ''Does Ava Dream'' aluminium pages with rotating hinge system, by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books * 2017 ''The Night Watchers: New Zealand Landscapes'', text and photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780994128522}} * 2017 ''Lucy goes to the Lighthouse'', text by Grant Sheehan, illustration by Rosalind Clark, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780994128539}} * 2016 ''Coffee U Feel: The Havana Coffee Works Story'', Text Geoff Marsland with Tom Scott, Principal Photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780987666772}} *2016 ''Ivan And the Lighthouse'', text by Grant Sheehan, illustration by Rosalind Clark, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780994128515}} * 2015 ''Eye in the Sky: A Drone Above New Zealand'', text and photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780994128508}} * 2013 ''Lights in the Landscape: New Zealand Lighthouses'', text and photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780987666758}} * 2012 ''The Second Black Dog Cottage Cookbook'', text Adie McClelland, principal Photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780987666710}} * 2011 ''Ghosts in the Landscape'', text and photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780986457142}} * 2010 ''Morning Noon & Night - Floriditas Café, Restaurant & Bakery'', text Julie Clark and Marc Weir, photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, {{ISBN|9780986457104}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://grantsheehan.com Grant Sheehan's website] *Grant Sheehan's publishing website [https://phantomhouse.com/ Phantom House Books]
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