Olivia Wein is a photographer from Brooklyn, NY.
Olivia began working as a photographer at thirteen. Her early work drew clients such as Rookie Magazine, Man Repeller, and Sweet on Snapchat Discover (Hearst). She went on to study analog photography at the International Center of Photography, earning over a dozen Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, including a National Gold Medal.
Olivia graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. There, she received a research grant to study The Bloomsburg Group, honing a critical lens on the intersection of creative collaboration, art-making, social change.
Since her time at Columbia, she has shot and directed campaigns for clients including Family Style, Bias Cut Magazine, Jill Platner, and Malia Mills. She frequently works at the intersection of film and photography, whether as an on-set stills photographer or as the Head of Design at Willa—a social-impact based production and distribution company—where she has lead in-house design on Fairyland (Sundance, Producer Sofia Coppola), The Voice of Hind Rajab (Venice Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Silver Lion), F*ck That Guy (deadCenter Film Festival Winner, Executive Producer Spike Lee), and more.
She continues to develop her personal work and professional collaborations.
Email / olivia@oliviawein.com
Instagram / @ollygollly
Clients & Commissions
Bias Cut Magazine / 2025
Calling All Horse Girls Magazine / 2025
Family Style Magazine / 2025
Willa / 2024 - 2025
Foundrae / 2025
Malia Mills / 2024 - 2025
Cool Hunting / 2024
Supper Club Dance / 2024
Jill Platner / 2021 - Present
Columbia Ballet Collaborative / 2022 - 2023
Mur Experimental Theater Company / 2023
Man Repeller / 2020
Brandy Melville / 2018 - 2020
Susan Alexandra / 2014 - 2020
Nylon, Japan / 2018
Rookie Magazine / 2016 - 2018
Sweet on Snapchat Discover (Hearst) / 2017 - 2018
Press
Girl’s Life Magazine / 2020
Awards
2023 | Columbia University Research Fellowship | Advised by Lionell Trilling Professor Edward Mendelson on The Bloomsbury Group
2022 | Columbia University Global Learning Scholarship for Study in Paris | Cinema Studies
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | National Gold Medal,
Photography, 2019; Gold Key (3), Photography, 2019; Silver Key (2), Photography, 2019; Silver Key, Writing, 2019; Gold Key (3) Photography, 2018; Silver Key (3) Photography, 2018; Silver Key, Photography, 2017
2019 | The Cooper Union | Summer Art Intensive, Jeff and Paula Gural Merit Scholarship
2017 | Diddy Fund Scholarship | Print grant for Loser Zine
2017 | Interlochen Center For the Arts Fine Arts Award | Visual Art
2016 | Ray Bradbury Award | Creative Writing