Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams

Wellington photographer and publisher Grant Sheehan has captured the lonely beauty of New Zealand lighthouses, landscapes and seascapes, as well as images inspired by the imagined dream life of AI (Artifical Intelligence). In this trailer for Robin Greenberg's documentary, Sheehan reflects on his career and the hundreds of hours he's spent in the dark on outdoor shoots "waiting for the light, waiting for things to happen". He also comments on his AI-inspired body of work, linking the images to his earliest experiments with abstract art. The film's trio of composers is led by Sheehan's son Rhian.

Lighthouses represent the old cliché of the light and the darkness. But in a way they seem sort of timeless. They're not, of course; time is passing them by now in the digital age. But for 200 years lighthouses were these magical things that saved lives and produced the light and the darkness...

– Photographer Grant Sheehan on his love of lighthouses

Key Cast & Crew

John Chrisstoffels

Cinematographer, Associate Producer

Vincent Burke

Producer

Rhian Sheehan

Composer, Subject

Marie Silberstein

Producer

Kyle Awa

Editor

Robin Greenberg

Director, Producer