Photographer

Jean Bai is an architectural and interiors photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Influenced by her training as a photojournalist on her college newspaper, she believes that capturing environments with realism is what makes images most meaningful and timeless.

In her photos, she is drawn to how different qualities of light create atmosphere and breathe life into a space. She is strongly influenced by bold compositions and strives to create immaculate and balanced images.

She was the first-place recipient of the 2020 American Photographic Artists Awards for architectural photography and is a member of Found Artists, Women Photograph, and Diversify Photo. Since 2022, she has worked with Apple’s photo team capturing their U.S. retail stores and visual merchandising.

Clients

Apple, Airbnb, Allbirds, AvantStay, Blaine Architects, Boucheron, COS, Diptyque, Empress by Boon, EQ3, Grammarly, Holscher Architecture, Johnston Home, The LINE Hotels, Mayacamas Winery, ME+EM, Minted, ODS Architecture, Paul Smith, Polaris Pacific, Studio S Squared, Tishman Speyer, Tyreus Design Studio, West of West, WeWork

Publications

Architectural Digest, California Home + Design, Dezeen, Dwell, Elle Decor, Forbes, Hospitality Design, Luxe Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, Spaces Magazine, The Wall Street Journal

Awards

2020 American Photographic Artists Awards - First Place - Architecture: MAXXI Museum

2020 International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention - Architecture: Gudbrandsjuvet & Konstruktivism

2019 International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention - Architecture: Beton Brut

2015 International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention - Architecture: Looking Glass, Tipping Point, void space,Geometria II & Clark Center

2014 International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention - Architecture: Geometria & Fiat Lux