Hi! I’m Grace, a photographer and photojournalist based in Northern California.

I’m also an artist, equestrian, reptile-lover, and a fourth-year student at Stanford University pursuing a B.S. in Human Biology.

I started photography when I got my first DSLR at the age of 13.  I’ve been animal-crazy since I was little, and as soon as I got my camera, I began photographing my various pets—this obsession soon culminated into my lifelong dream to become a wildlife photojournalist. I began my journey into wildlife conservation photography, taking pictures of everything from North American megafauna to venomous snakes in Central America. I’ve been blessed to see some of the world’s most fascinating animals in all kinds of environments. I’ve since been awarded by some of the biggest photography competitions and organizations, including National Geographic, the Royal Photographic Society, Nature’s Best Photography, and more. In 2018, I even sold my own wildlife photo book, Faces of Yellowstone, to fundraise for critical wildlife research at the Yellowstone Ecological Research Center.

The unforgiving nature of wildlife photography has given me an incredible foundation to start exploring other photography genres, particularly portraiture and equine. I aspire to take raw and evocative images of the world’s people and animals, telling their stories through the lens. I especially love taking dreamy, painting-like portraits with lush greenery and soft, illuminating bokeh in the background, and that has become my signature in photography.

Awards and Exhibitions:

2014-2015 National Geographic Kids Photo Contest U.S. National and International winner for Gecko Eye

  • published in various issues of National Geographic Kids

2015 Commendation of the City Council of Saratoga

2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, London Natural History Museum (11-14 year-old division) semifinalist

2017 OASIS International Award of Wildlife and Nature Photography 13th Edition (Junior division) Honorable Mention for Gecko Eye

2017 Royal Photographic Society Weather Photographer of the Year Top 50 and "16 and under" Finalist; Curtain of Clouds exhibited in:

  • RMetS Message Impossible, London, UK. 2017

  • Digital Splash, Liverpool, UK. 2017

  • Weatherlive, London, UK. 2017

2018 Memorial María Luisa International Photo Contest (Under 20 category) Honorable Mention

2018 Windland Smith Rice International Awards (Youth Category) Highly Honored

  • Golden Eagle published in Nature’s Best Photography magazine

2024 24th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers Wildlife Category Winner and Honorable Mentions

  • Taking Flight and The Ram will be exhibited in the Fotonostrum Mediterranean House of Photography in Barcelona, Spain. 2025

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My winning portfolio in FotoNostrum Magazine.

Scarlet Feast in exhibition in Infiesto, Spain.

Scarlet Feast in exhibition in Infiesto, Spain.

Grace Chung at the MML Awards Ceremony in Spain, 2018.

At the MML Awards Ceremony in Spain, 2018.