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
Java, Madura Girl, circa 1994 - I traveled with my 8x10 to Surabaya. Madura Island was just off the coast of Java, so I took a ferry and a then a car around the island. There was a girl's school. Many young girls poked their heads out of this window or peered through screens, curious about me and my camera. This one young woman posed for me. The inscription on the window is Arabic for Allah.
(8x10 format)
Azerbaijan, Qazax Prov, Tree In Wind
Slovenia, Velike Lasce Prov, Tree
IN, Maluku Province, Seram, Tree On Beach, 2007, IMG_0574 - I stopped along the lonely coast of Seram for a swim and a run on the beach.
Slovenia, Ribnica Prov, Ant On Blossom
Jeff Draws The Analogous Circle And The Line Illustrating The Dynamic Life, 2012
Chile, Antofagasta Province (Región) - Taken by John Richardson in collaboration with Jeff Shea Walk Across the Atacama Desert 2012
USA, Looking Down From Golden Gate Bridge North Tower, 1980 - This photograph was taken looking down the cables from the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge towards the Presidio and the Avenues in San Francisco. The cable we climbed up was like the one in the foreground.
UK, Derby Prov, Blokes
The Golden Train, 2009 Myanmar, Shan Province (Division)
India, Calcutta, Food Line, 1984 - My first major trip around the world introduced me to the reality of poverty. Here in Calcutta a man looks unwelcoming up at my camera.