Grant Sheehan is a

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photographer, writer, and publisher, raised in

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and now based in

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. Sheehan’s photographs have featured in magazines and newspapers such as

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and the

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, 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 (2002 and 2008), with images from international assignments. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums. In 2023, Sheehan was the subject of the documentary film by Robin Greenberg, ''Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams'' which featured in the 2023

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. Sheehan’s son

Rhian Sheehan Rhian Sheehan is a New Zealand composer and producer born in Nelson and now based in Wellington. He is known for his fusing of orchestral chamber music and piano, with ambient electronic and post-rock cinematic atmospheres. He has also written ...

is a New Zealand

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and producer.

Awards

*2024 Diamond Award – Best Documentary Feature, 18th Annual SoCal Film Awards * 2024 Gold Award – Documentary Feature, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards * 2023 Pride in Print, Gold Medal Award ''In Memory of Travel'' * 2023 Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Award * 2013 Pride in Print, Gold Medal award in Publishing Category, Process Category and Gold award overall winner, ''Ghosts in the landscape'' * 2011 Winner, Travcom Pictorial Travel Book of the year award New Zealand Landscapes, Northland to Antarctica * 2009 Runner-up, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award * 2009 Runner-up, Highly Commended Jucy Rentals Award for the Best Travel Image Taken In New Zealand and Pacific Islands * 2008 Winner, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award * 2008 Runner-up, The Leica Award for the Best Travel Image Taken Outside New Zealand * 2008 Highly Commended, The Air Vanuatu and Le Meridian Port Vila Resort & Casino Award for the Best Series of Travel Images * 2004 Third place, Avis Award for Best New Zealand Image * 2002 Winner, Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award * 1998 Runner-up, Travcom Maui Travel Photographer of the Year with the Sheraton Auckland Hotel and Towers * 1997 Runner-up, American Express and Sheraton Auckland Hotel and Towers Award Photographic Award

Notable exhibitions

* 2021 ''Does Ava Dream?'' Refinery Gallery, Nelson * 2020 ''Does Ava Dream?'' Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka,

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* 2014 ''Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs.'' Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka,

* 2012 ''Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs'', Photographers Gallery,

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...

* 2012 ''Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs'', New Zealand landscape, Hedspace,

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. * 2009 ''Antarctic Images, Photographs of Antarctic from the Sea'' – Joint exhibition, Bowen Gallery,

. * 2008 ''Photo Synthesis'' – New Photographs, Bowen Gallery,

. * 1994 ''Five Photographers – Works by five photographers'', supported by Tradenz,

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. * 1994 ''Lest We Forget – Wellington Photographers'', Wellington City Art Gallery,

. * 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,

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. * 1988 ''Historic Wellington Buildings'' – Funded by

Historic Places Trust Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust; in ) is a Crown entity that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buil ...

Antrim House Antrim House is a historic Italianate house located in Wellington, New Zealand registered as a category 1 building by Heritage New Zealand. Antrim House was built as the home for Robert Hannah and his family. Description Antrim House is a two- ...

. * 1983 ''Wellington Photographs'' – one-person show, Wellington City Art Gallery,

Selected publications

* 2024 ''The Time Traveller's Guide to the Hamilton Gardens,'' text by Peter Sergel, photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, * 2022 ''In Memory of Travel,'' by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, * 2020 ''The Making of Does Ava Dream'' by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, * 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, * 2017 ''Lucy goes to the Lighthouse'', text by Grant Sheehan, illustration by Rosalind Clark, Phantom House Books, * 2016 ''Coffee U Feel: The Havana Coffee Works Story'', Text Geoff Marsland with Tom Scott, Principal Photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, *2016 ''Ivan And the Lighthouse'', text by Grant Sheehan, illustration by Rosalind Clark, Phantom House Books, * 2015 ''Eye in the Sky: A Drone Above New Zealand'', text and photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, * 2013 ''Lights in the Landscape: New Zealand Lighthouses'', text and photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, * 2012 ''The Second Black Dog Cottage Cookbook'', text Adie McClelland, principal Photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, * 2011 ''Ghosts in the Landscape'', text and photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books, * 2010 ''Morning Noon & Night - Floriditas Café, Restaurant & Bakery'', text Julie Clark and Marc Weir, photography by Grant Sheehan, Phantom House Books,

References

External links

Grant Sheehan's website
*Grant Sheehan's publishing websit
Phantom House Books
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