Michael Bailey-Gates


Michael Bailey-Gates is an American artist, photographer, and model. He was born in Rhode Island, and currently resides in New York City.

Life and career

Michael Bailey-Gates grew up in Rhode Island where he worked an after school job at a photo studio. He continued on to receive his BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2015
Bailey-Gates tends to work across fields in the photography world ranging from photographer, to model, to stylist and designer. According to an article in i-D magazine he "envisions the stories for his work and sources the settings himself...he experiences it all, he is hands on, he creates all aspects himself, with a team or without." His work has been featured in the New York Times.
Bailey-Gates has modeled for the brands DKNY and CK One as well as for the publications i-D, Arena Homme +, and Interview. In 2015 Bailey-Gates was photographed by Terry Richardson for an editorial in Vogue Hommes International. In 2016, Michael Bailey-Gates appeared in his boyfriend Thomas Whiteside's book Route 1, Mike and India. He is represented by Ford Models.
He is the recipient of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Award.