This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2450 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
Thailand, Samut Songkhram Prov, Temples Dusk
Slovenia, Cerkno Prov, Door With No Steps
Slovenia, Kanal Prov, Evening River
Morocco, Two Berber Girls, 1988 - These two young girls were beautiful and shy, yet friendly. The Berber people were open and innocent. The young girls were charming.
Turkey, Mus Prov, Field
Turkey, Sanliurfa Prov, Fields
Central African Republic, Pygmy With Sharpened Teeth, 2000 - This photo shows three Pygmy women in Bayanga, CAR. They have just successfully hunted down a dik-dik with nets. The woman on the right is smiling, revealing her sharpened teeth. All were sharp to a point.
This custom enhances a woman's beauty, according to their beliefs.
UK, Oldham Prov, Night House
Central African Republic, Portrait Of Pygmy Girl, 2000 - One day during our stay in Bayanga, I went to the nearby pygmy villages and asked the young women to dress up in their traditional attire so that I could photograph them with my 8x10 inch camera. We put out the word and said we would come back. When we picked them up, we managed to get eight girls into the Land Rover with two of us and the driver, eleven people in all. I took this photograph with a 35mm. This girl had a strikingly beautiful face.
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)