Grant Sheehan
New Zealand photographer
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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,[1] 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[2] (2002 and 2008), with images from international assignments. His work has been exhibited in galleries[3] and museums.
In 2023, Sheehan was the subject of the documentary film by Robin Greenberg,[4] Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams[5] which featured in the 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival.[6]
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[7]
- 2024 Gold Award – Documentary Feature, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards for Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams[8]
- 2023 Pride in Print, Gold Medal Award for In Memory of Travel[9]
- 2023 Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Award[10]
- 2013 Pride in Print, Gold Medal award in Publishing Category, Process Category and Gold award overall winner for Ghosts in the Landscape[11]
- 2011 Winner, Travcom Pictorial Travel Book of the year award for New Zealand Landscapes, Northland to Antarctica[2]
- 2009 Runner-up, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award[2]
- 2009 Runner-up, Highly Commended Jucy Rentals Award for the Best Travel Image Taken In New Zealand and Pacific Islands[2]
- 2008 Winner, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award[2]
- 2008 Runner-up, The Leica Award for the Best Travel Image Taken Outside New Zealand[2]
- 2008 Highly Commended, The Air Vanuatu and Le Meridian Port Vila Resort & Casino Award for the Best Series of Travel Images[2]
- 2004 Third place, Avis Award for Best New Zealand Image[2]
- 2002 Winner, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award[2]
- 1998 Runner-up, Travcom Maui Travel Photographer of the Year with the Sheraton Auckland Hotel and Towers[2]
- 1997 Runner-up, American Express and Sheraton Auckland Hotel and Towers Award Photographic Award[2]
Notable exhibitions
- 2021 Does Ava Dream? Refinery Gallery, Nelson
- 2020 Does Ava Dream? Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka,[12] Porirua
- 2014 Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs. Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka,[3] 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