Ye Charlotte Ming is a freelance journalist and photo editor based in Berlin, Germany. Her work focuses on underreported and nuanced stories on the themes of culture, history, and identity. Her writing has been published in TIME, National Geographic, Atlas Obscura, World Press Photo Witness, the Art Newspaper, Sixth Tone, and other publications. Prior to becoming a freelancer, Ming worked as a journalist and photo editor for Getty Images in New York from 2016 to 2018, and for TIME LightBox, TIME Magazine’s photography vertical, from 2014 to 2015. She graduated from Columbia University-Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.