This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2600 of the world’s 3978 provinces, to every country on earth and to the summit of the highest peak on each continent (thank heaven for good weather!). In my travels, I learned to respect the intelligence and ingenuity of people of all races and callings both past and present. Come see the world as I see it: as a peaceful place, full of nature and beauty. With the right spirit and intent, we can make our world a virtual Garden of Eden.
DISTINCTIONS: BBC 2017 Travel Pioneer • Journal Articles • Explorer’s Club Flag Expeditions
World Parks Project • Walk Across South America • Jeff Shea Travel Map
Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Prov, Light Painting
Bakery Customers, 2002
Afghanistan, Kabul Province (Wilayat) - 35mm film
UK, Halton Prov, House
Lithuania, Klaipedos Prov, Catch -
Laos, Salvan Prov, Tree Gourds
Turkey, Hakkari Province, Kurdish Protest Dance In Cukorce
PH, Agusan Del Norte Province, Field Worker, 2008, IMG_1295r1 - Any job is dignified by the spirit of the person doing it. Here, a field worker's broad smile can cheer us through this image sent electronically through the ether, long after the smile itself is gone. Isn't the world wonderful in its expanse and possibilities?
Congo Zaire, Dead Monkeys for Consumption, 1984 - This is a grotesque but realistic photograph of dead monkeys on the Congo River steamboat. Villagers came up in their canoes and sold them to passengers who stored them in the hold of the vessel until we arrived in Kinshasa. A slit was cut in the monkey's tail, then wrapped around its neck, forming a sort of handle. They were then sold in groups.
Chile, Torres Del Paine, Rhea And Towers, 2004 - On the way back from Torres Del Paine, we came upon what I thought was an ostrich. Actually, this large bird is a rhea, a related large flightless bird, towers of Paine behind.
Slovenia, Zrece Prov, Country Landscape