In 2011 Sean Gold, along with mentor, friend and retired Playboy photographer of 35 years, David Gartner, photographed the images for the hardcover architectural book "A Source of Community Pride: The Architecture of Sunny Isles Beach" for the city of Sunny Isles Beach in Miami, Florida, which was ranked #1 of the top ten U.S destinations by tripadvisor.
In 2012 Sean entered his first Juried Exhibition at The Griffin Museum of Photography and had one of his images selected for the Juried Exhibition in the Main Gallery.