Bing Guan
Adjunct Assistant Professor @ Columbia University
About
Bing Guan is a freelance photographer and journalist based in New York City. He is currently an adjunct professor of photography at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Australia and raised in the United States, Bing attended Dartmouth College and graduated from Columbia University with a BA cum laude in modern East and Southeast Asian history. He has reported from throughout the U.S. and abroad, including Antigua, Burma, Hong Kong, Mexico, and Rwanda. Bing is a regular contributor to Bloomberg, The New York Times, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal, and has also worked on assignment for outlets including Politico, TIME, The Washington Post, and WIRED. His images have been recognized American Photography, the Parsons School of Design, and others. He is the recipient of residency fellowships from the Ucross Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and was shortlisted for a 2025 Creative Capital Award. Bing speaks Mandarin Chinese, and is HEFAT and FAA Part 107-certified as a drone pilot. He holds a US passport, as well as NYC and UN HQ press credentials. He is represented by the Monroe Gallery of Photography for fine art prints. He is available for editorial and commercial assignments, anytime, anywhere.
United States
New York
Photography
Emergency first aid, Hostile Environments, Photo Mechanic, Commercial Photography, Portrait Photography, Social Media, Blogging, Research, Photojournalism, Digital Photography, Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, Event Planning, Social Media Marketing, Business Process Mapping, Photography, Public Relations, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop
Experience

Photographer
New York, United States
• Freelance photographer and journalist. HEFAT certified and FAA Part 107 certified/insured drone pilot. • Covered major stories including migrant caravans along the US-Mexico border, the 2019 Hong Kong protests, the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 & 2024 U.S. presidential elections, pro-Palestine student protests at Columbia University, and the 2025 NYC mayoral election • Selected editorial clients include Agence France-Press, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Markets, BuzzFeed News, CalMatters, European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), The Intercept, The Marshall Project, The New York Times, Politico, ProPublica, Reuters, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and WIRED. • Selected commercial clients include City University of New York (CUNY), Haus Labs, NEON Rated, and Paramount Pictures. • Work has also been published in outlets including Al-Jazeera, The Atlantic, BBC Chinese, Courrier International, Clarín, CNN.com, Die Zeit, The Economist, Le Figaro, Financial Times (FT), FiveThirtyEight, Fortune, Haaretz, Le Monde, Libération, The Los Angeles Times, MIT Technology Review, National Geographic, Nature, NBC News, The New Republic, The New Yorker, NPR, O Globo, Paris Match, The Phnom Penh Post, Politiken, Science, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph, and The Times. • Represented by the Monroe Gallery of Photography for fine art prints.

Consultant
New York, NY
Client: Fortune 50 Financial Services Corporation • Researched and produced business intelligence on clients and industry competitors • Supported IBM executives in account planning sessions, identifying and tracking domestic & international client opportunities • Compiled GDPR compliance assessments for all global contracts for aforementioned client, becoming IBM's first Financial Services account to become fully GDPR-compliant

Restaurant Partners Manager
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Remotely managed B2B relationships with 50+ restaurant partners for Singapore's leading "Lifestyle Membership" for executives & expats • Conducted B2B & market research on Singapore's hospitality and F&B sectors to identify and recruit new suppliers • Maintained and updated member & supplier databases • Produced written & visual content for a weekly newsletter with 20,000+ subscribers

Web Intern
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Posted and optimized web content for Cambodia's oldest and largest English-language newspaper • Managed and updated the Post's English-language Twitter & Facebook accounts (44.1K followers & 270K likes in Feb. 2015) • Operated weekly e-mail newsletter to global subscriber base of 100,000+

Communications Intern
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Duties included writing press releases, research, editing, ghostwriting, fact-checking, copyediting, transcription & process mapping. • Penned columns for AsiaLIFE magazine about traditional Cambodian art forms. • Built a conversation calendar plotting social media postings from January to March 2014. • Photographed CLA events & performances.

President's Intern
National Science Museum
Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
• Researched & wrote reports on developments & innovations in the museum industry. • Proofread, copyedited, and rewrote English-language documents for Thai ESL speakers.
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