Grant Sheehan

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, 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 New Zealand International Film Festival.

Sheehan’s son Rhian Sheehan is a New Zealand composer and producer.

Awards

2024 for Robin Greenberg: Diamond Award – Best Documentary Feature, 18th Annual SoCal Film Awards for Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams 2024 for Robin Greenberg: Gold Award – Documentary Feature, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards for Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams 2023 Pride in Print, Gold Medal Award for 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 for Ghosts in the Landscape 2011 Winner, Travcom Pictorial Travel Book of the year award for New Zealand Landscapes, Northland to Antarctica Porirua 2014 Ghosts in the Landscape. Black and white photographs. Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka, 2026 The Time Traveller's Guide to Hamilton Gardens. Releases April 28 2026 2026 MAVERICK: Architect & Artist – Roger Walker. Currently in production.