I grew up in San Francisco and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. I went on to Stanford Medical School, chose Ophthalmology as a specialty, and have had a busy surgical practice ever since.
My wife and I have been traveling for more than 20 years, often to places that don’t appear on standard itineraries. During that period, I have accumulated quite a large portfolio. My main photographic interest is people – especially people of the Developing World.
I suppose one would classify most of my work as documentary, but not in a photojournalistic sense. My main goal is to create images that people can enjoy and learn from. If you’d like to see more of my work, visit my website at: www.farflungfotos.com.








Michael Sheridan is a member of ! 100% !, ! HAIRSTYLES !, **PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY**, *Islands of The World* - Photography Only, 3/day limit, 4 Winners Only, 5000+ Views, AFRICAN ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, All Street Portraiture, Amazing Asia, Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Animal Fantasy & Whimsy, Animal Portraits (No Cats or Dogs), Antlers, Racks, and Other Horned Animals, Art of the Middle East, Artists of the Orient, Australian Wildlife, Authentic India, Baby Animals (No Kittens or Puppies, 3/day), Big Cats, Buddha, Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), CIRCLES OF LATITUDE - From Capricorn To Cancer, Collective Collage, DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY, Dawn and Dusk Light [No Sun], Elegant Elephants!, Endangered Species, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Exotic Mammals, FAUNA, FLORA, LANDSCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA, First Things, Giraffes- the long and tall of it!, Green!, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Incredible India, Indigenous to East & Southern Africa, Landscape Photography, Latin America, LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Love a Giraffe, Men Appreciation (Men = 18 years + ), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Panoramas 3:1 Ratio Minimum, People and Portraiture Photography, Primate Art, Sensational Sun, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Shifting Sands, Shots in the Fog, Sleeping Creatures , Southeast Asia, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Strictly Human Faces , Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! (2 Images per day please), Sunrise, Sunset, THE 500 TO 5000 VIEWINGS GROUP, The Birds, The Greatest View in the World, The Human Condition, The World, Tiger, Tiger (Tigers ONLY), Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art - 1Day, Toy Dogs R Us!, Travel and Adventure, Tropical Art, True Colors of Asia, Underwater & Sealife (Limit 2 Per Day), Vibrant and Vivid Color, Wild Nature Photography & Writing (only 2 images per 24 hours) and Your Country's Best (2 images per day).