Olivia Wein is a photographer and visuals editor 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 Bias Cut Magazine—where she is now the Photo Editor—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 (Academy Award® Nominee), 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
Select Publications
Bias Cut Magazine / 2026 / “Sofia”
Bias Cut Magazine / 2025 / “Dust Bunny”
Calling All Horse Girls Magazine / 2025 / “The Best Horse Girl Gig in NYC”
Cool Hunting / 2024 / “Interview: Jill Platner on Her Homage to Beach Stones”
Man Repeller / 2020 / “NYFW Teens”
Rookie Magazine / 2018 / “Moment's of Warmth”
Rookie Magazine / 2017 / “Imminent”
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