Sean Sheridan is a photographer who has spent nearly two decades elevating people and brands through the power of the image. From revealing the dignity and resilience of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people to demystifying the most influential leaders and celebrities of our time, Sheridan is known for capturing the untold stories of transformation that inspire and unite mankind.
His photojournalism and filmmaking have taken him to 97 countries, and his commercial and non-profit work has been featured on CNN, in USA Today, The Seattle Times, and on the cover of The Washington Times, in SMITHSONIAN, Fast Company, Food and Wine, and Science magazines, GOOD, and The Daily Beast, in numerous best-selling books, on the main stage at TED and other leading conferences, and in countless development agencies and gallery exhibitions. While shooting in Liberia in 2015 with various courageous nonprofit organizations to capture stories of hope and impact, he joined the ranks of the “Ebola Fighters” who received Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” accolade.
Sheridan is also the author of Testimony Africa, a book about the terrible beauty of AIDS, genocide, and hunger in Africa; and also Wahl STORY, a book about renowned graffiti artist Erik Wahl. He shot and produced numerous movement-building films, such as a piece for Athletes in Action that reached more than 300 million viewers during the 2010 World Cup and most recently Eddie, the untold story of how upside-down leadership changed the world. He also contributed to the marketing plan and CD-ROM for Bill Gates’ best-selling book The Road Ahead, and the promotional strategy for Gates’ second book, Business @ the Speed of Thought.
Sheridan’s company, 4:Minute.Media, brings together experiential designers and award-winning filmmakers to help clients tell stories of transformation in the world’s most difficult places. To date, the company’s projects have been leveraged to help nonprofits raise hundreds of millions of dollars to support live-giving interventions around the world.
Sheridan has a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. He is available for domestic and international assignments, depending on schedule, and takes a limited number of destination shoots each year. For bookings reach out at www.seansheridan.com. For prints, please contact Monet Martin at www.thesheridangallery.com.. Sheridan and his family live in Colorado Springs.