Author: Sean Sheridan

Sean Sheridan is a photojournalist and author who for the last 16 years has been shooting and writing stories that elevate people and brands. Sheridan has a bachelor of science degree in journalism from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. His first major work project was to help craft the marketing plan surrounding the launch of Bill Gates’ best-selling book, The Road Ahead and produce the CD-ROM version bound into the book. He also contributed to Gates’ second book, Business @ the Speed of Thought, before joining a private production company to shoot film projects around the world. In July 2002, Sheridan started 4:Minute.Media to tell compelling stories through feature writing, photography, film, and publishing. His work has taken him to nearly 60 countries and has been found in SMITHSONIAN magazine and on the cover of The Washington Times, countless development agencies and gallery exhibitions, Testimony Africa—his book about the terrible beauty of AIDS, genocide, and hunger in Africa—and most recently Wahl STORY, his book about renowned graffiti artist Erik Wahl. Sheridan and his family live in Colorado.
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Convoy of Hope

One of the organizations I’ve been sort of “silently” shooting for by proxy for another client is a group called Convoy of Hope. Above, high in the hills on Mt. Kilimanjaro, a young Tanzanian girl helps prepare a meal at a Convoy orphanage that 60 grateful boys and girls call home after being released from extreme cases of abuse or malnutrition. The orphanage is working hard to implement sustainability initiatives, including animals, a garden, a biofuel system, and other projects to help move them towards complete self-sufficiency. Today, more than 70 million people have been served throughout the world by Convoy of Hope. Below are more photos from Tanzania as well as the Philippines and Kenya.

 

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Compassion Sunday – The Philippines

Almost a year ago I had the honor of tagging along with the Compassion Sunday production team to the Philippines. We visited some very cool kids and Compassion work in some of the most intriguing places I have ever been, urban dwellings that were so packed tight in a maze of wood and cardboard and the stuff of life that I am still sort of in disbelief at how some of these kind folks survive. The stories we did and the images I shot (see some of the work at the Compassion Sunday site) are now being used to help these children and families find a brighter future. For this I am grateful.

 

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India 2016

Create leaders, that’s what they do. After all, leaders aren’t born–they’re made. That’s according to Development Associates International, who has made it their mission to do away with the “big man” top-down leadership style (thank God) and train up a multitude of humble leaders. I like that approach. Here is some of their work and the people they touch in the regions of Guwahati and Shillong, India.

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Camp Langano – Ethiopia

The summer before last I spent some time at a sports camp on the shores of Lake Langano in Ethiopia. The assignment was to do a story on this blind girl from the local community, above, but I had a wonderful time just observing all that was happening at the camp. I also got to know the director and his family a bit and caught a ride out on the lake for some afternoon swimming. Ethiopia has really grown on me over the years, and although I still have little appetite for injera, I do love the coffee, the people, and the natural beauty. I’ll be back with another client in May–and can’t wait.

Westfall-Gold, SIM; Sports Friends – Camp Langano, Ethiopia, August 19, 2014
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Greece 2015

Much has been said about refugees coming from Syria and other places to the Greek Islands. I won’t add to the debate except to say this: if I were a refugee I’d sure want to have some help along the way, not people telling me to go back to the war zone I had just come from. Maybe we could all try putting ourselves in these people’s shoes. Maybe these image I took on the islands of Kos, Chios and Samos with Medical Teams International will help you do just that.