Olivia Wein is a Brooklyn (born &) based photographer.
She began creating images as a teenager and earned her first commission from Sweet on Snapchat Discover (Hearst) at age 13. She quickly expanded her portfolio, producing work for Susan Alexandra, Brandy Melville, Man Repeller, Rookie Magazine, and later her own publication — Loser Zine. During this time she won over a dozen Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for photography, including one National Gold Medal for original photograph “Ways to Love.” She also graduated from the International Center of Photography’s Advanced Imagemakers Program where she studied analogue photography and printing.
In 2020, she began her studies at Columbia University. While pursuing her degree, she received a research grant to study The Bloomsbury Group under Lionel Trilling Professor Edward Mendelson. She continued to explore her photographic craft, collaborating with sculptor and jewelry designer Jill Platner, designer Malia Mills, production company Willa, and a range of dancers, musicians, and performers. In the spring of 2024, she graduated with a B.A. in English Literature.
She now works full-time making images for brands, publications, performers, and people that she loves.
Email / olivia@oliviawein.com
Instagram / @ollygollly
Clients/ Commissions
Calling All Horse Girls / Coming Soon
Willa Productions / 2024
Malia Mills / 2024 - Present
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 Magazine (Condé Nast) / 2017 - 2018
Press
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