About

Lily Olsen is a photographer and creator based in New York. Her work centers the queer community in personal portraiture that captures cinematic, effusive moments of connection and play. Her figures echo archival presences from gay history, creating characters that converse across time, placing survival in joyful context.

Her practice extends to queer observational comedy on TikTok, where her videos have over 2 million likes. Her work for commercial projects includes Fenty Beauty, Anne Klein, Canada Goose, Sophie Theallet and more.

Lily has been featured in British Vogue, Numero Magazine, Porter Magazine, i-D Magazine, The Guardian, Google Arts and Culture and more.