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
Slovenia, Mezica Prov, Blowbrush
USA, AZ, Grand Canyon, Purple Cactus Flower, 1988 - I descended into the Grand Canyon on foot on a blistering hot day. I camped. I took this shot with a 6mm (2-1/4) Rolleicord.
Haiti, Grand-Anse Province, Village Girl, IMG_5043 - This girl lived in a group of huts on the side of a hill just off the road. The beauty of women in the simplest of environments always amazes me. There is no makeup, no flash, but just simple, wholesome good features.
UK, Birmingham, Birmingham Girls, 2009 - I was just leaving Birmingham at night, taking a photograph of a downtown monument, when four beautiful Birmingham girls said, "Will you take our photo!" I was delighted. My camera settings were all wrong, however, so I asked them for another. (Their one friend had already started walking, unfortunately, so she was not in this photograph. She is in the other one.) Their enthusiasm was contagious!! I gave them my website address, and they wrote back to me as "The Birmingham Girls", hence the name of the photograph.
Slovenia, Velika Polana Prov, May Pole
UK, Gwynedd Prov, Landscape
Slovenia, Divaca Prov, Railroad Yard
Slovenia, Nazarje Prov, Cat Under Stair
Vietnam, Ha Tinh Prov, Friends On Bikes
UK, Flintshire Prov, Haruns Kebab House