Known for personal photography, professional portraits, and travel photography, Alice Gao is a breath of fresh air in the visual arts industry. Gao is based in New York and her photography stories focus on the simplicity of the art. Because her images are so parallel in balance with each other, viewers couldn’t help but feel relaxed and calm just looking at them.

Gao’s photography work brings attention without having to do too much retouching in the images. She has her own blog and social media channel where she shows her amazing work to over 899k followers.