Beowulf Sheehan Explained

Beowulf Sheehan
Birthname:Theodore Beowulf Sheehan
Birth Date:8 November 1968
Birth Place:Clay County, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation:Photographer

Theodore Beowulf Sheehan (born November 8, 1968) is an American photographer known for portraits of authors, artists, and celebrities.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Portraits by Beowulf Sheehan

Author Portraits

AUTHOR: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan is a collection of portraits of 200 writers from 35 countries; it was published by Black Dog & Leventhal on October 9, 2018.[10] Poets, novelists, and screenwriters photographed by Sheehan include:

Visual and Performing Artists

Politicians

Early life

Born in 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri to a German mother and an American father, Beowulf Sheehan (born Theodore Beowulf Sheehan) was raised in South Florida and spent part of his childhood abroad. Limited in physical activities because of asthma, his early years were spent reading books and learning about art. In high school he photographed Miami Dolphins games and realized his love of the craft.[11] [12] [13]

Career

After studying at New York University and International Center of Photography, Beowulf assisted other photographers while working predominantly in fashion for six years. Later opportunities to photograph the Fashion Biography feature in Vogue Nippon and to photograph the first PEN World Voices of International Literature introduced him to a number of writers, among them Salman Rushdie. Those experiences began a career of photographing figures from arts and culture for publishers, publications, academic and cultural institutions.[14] [15]

Sheehan's photographs have been [16] exhibited at the Dostoevsky Museum, International Center of Photography, Museum of the City of New York, and New-York Historical Society, and have been included in the permanent collections of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the German Consulate General New York, the Museum of Chinese in America, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Author Photo: Portrait Photographer Beowulf Sheehan on a Life Capturing Writers, a short film by Claire Ince and Ancil McKain, was named an official selection of the 2020 Venice Institute of Contemporary Art Fine Arts Film Festival.[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nagy. Kimberly. Every Face Tells a Story: A Conversation with Photographer, Beowulf Sheehan. 2018-08-05. Wild River Review.
  2. Book: Sheehan, Beowulf. Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan. Black Dog & Leventhal. 2018. 978-0-316-51515-3. New York.
  3. Book: Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100. Penguin Classics. 2011. 978-0-14-750785-3.
  4. July 2010. U2 Vs Muse: Who Will Win the Festival?. Q.
  5. 2008. Bobby Digital: Renaissance Everyman. Ghettoblaster. 20.
  6. February 2018. Ai Weiwei: 'Pourquoi je ne rentre pas en Chine. L'Obs.
  7. Web site: 2018. Center For Fiction Award Dinner.
  8. Web site: 2011-06-07. Extempore: Beowulf Sheehan. 2018-08-05. BOMB Magazine.
  9. Web site: King. Stephen. 2013-10-10. Flights of Fancy. Aug 5, 2020. The New York Times.
  10. Web site: Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan (Hardcover) Politics and Prose Bookstore. 2020-08-22. www.politics-prose.com. en.
  11. Web site: 2018-10-25. All Of It.
  12. Web site: Frames Podcast - Beowulf Sheehan. 14 May 2020 .
  13. Web site: Creative Mornings - Beowulf Sheehan.
  14. May 17, 2019. A Different Kind of Literary Festival. Publishers Weekly.
  15. December 19, 2018. The Picture Can Surprise: PW Talks with Beowulf Sheehan. Publishers Weekly.
  16. Web site: John Adams, Ron Chernow, Virginia Dajani, and David Sedaris Receive Highest Honors – American Academy of Arts and Letters. 2020-06-21. en-US.
  17. Web site: LensCulture. Beowulf Sheehan . Beowulf Sheehan. 2020-06-21. LensCulture.
  18. Web site: AUTHOR: Portraits of Writers from and beyond the pages of AUTHOR: THE PORTRAITS OF BEOWULF SHEEHAN - Exhibitions - Alan Koppel Gallery. 2020-06-21. www.alankoppel.com.
  19. Web site: Beowulf Sheehan, Author Info, Published Books, Bio, Photo, Video, and More. 2020-06-21. AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club. en.
  20. Book: BAM : the complete works. 2011. Brooklyn Academy of Music in association with Quantuck Lane Press. Serafin, Steven.. 978-1-59372-046-9. 1st. New York. 705568292.
  21. Web site: FINE ARTS FILM FESTIVAL. 2020-06-21. ViCA. en-US.
  22. Author. Subject. The Essential Light. The Personal Artistry of Beowulf Sheehan '90. Notre Dame Magazine. Winter 2018-19.
  23. Albert Gallatin. 10.3998/mpub.11334573.cmp.23.

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