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.