Sean Rayford is a freelance photojournalist and commercial photographer living in Columbia, SC since 1997. Rayford regularly works Getty Images, The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many more. Commercial clients have included Proctor & Gamble, The Red Cross, Facebook and more.

Rayford is a 2001 graduate of the University of South Carolina where most of his time was spent working at the Gamecock newspaper.