Eric Seals

About

“If you learn to shoot with your heart, you’ll move people’s souls!” A good friend & mentor said that to Eric years ago and it is something he puts into practice working at the Detroit Free Press as a photo and video journalist.Since 1999 Eric has covered many events for the Free Press from the Intifada in Israel/Palestine, 5 months in the war on Iraq & many sports from the Olympics in Rio and Beijing to several Super Bowls, World Series & NBA Finals.In May of 2008 in addition to continuing to do photojournalism, Eric started doing video storytelling for his newspaper Freep.com.He has done everything from human interest & social issues stories to short docs. His first film in 2015, “Graveyard of the Great Lakes: A Shipwreck Hunter’s Quest to Discover the Past” played at 18 film festivals around the country winning a few awards for best cinematography to best documentary.He loves the challenge of bringing a cinematic look, feel & emotion while staying true to the one thing that matters more than anything else…the story, the story, the story!Eric has been recognized for his video storytelling with a 2016 national Edward R. Murrow award, a national Webby Award, multiple Michigan Press Photographer Association Multimedia Photographer of the Year awards, several POYi awards & nine regional Emmys.Teaching is a true passion for him. During the year, he coaches at various workshops from the NPPA Multimedia Immersion at Syracuse University, the Mountain Workshops at Western Kentucky University, the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida and the Missouri Photo Workshop. He's also judged & spoke at several national & state contests including the Northern Short Course & the Atlanta Seminar on Photojournalism.He can be reached at ericseals@gmail.com. His website is ericseals.com and he can also be followed on Twitter and Instagram @ericseals