Michelle Gustafson is an American freelance photojournalist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, focusing on national news and political coverage in the Northeast. Her reportage and portraiture keenly reflects a curiosity and sensitivity towards her subjects, observing the intimate gestures and subtle interactions between them to tell a larger story of human connection and relativity. Her work can be seen in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Urban Outfitters, Bloomberg Business, Runner’s World, NPR, New York Magazine, Politico Magazine, as well as other news and publications. Her work has also been recognized in both The New York Times and Time Magazine’s Top 100 Photos of 2020, as well as selected as part of The Guardian US’s favorite photographs of the year in 2019.