Olivia Burgess is a New York–based photographer, director, and movement artist whose work emerges from a background in dance, exploring the body as a site where movement reshapes the relationship between form, space, and environment. Originally trained as a dancer, Olivia holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Fordham University and The Ailey School. Her background in dance, alongside her ongoing study of butoh, continues to shape the way she observes the body and the emotional currents that move beneath the skin. Rather than treating the body as a static subject, her photographs approach it as a dynamic structure — constantly shifting, folding, and revealing new lines of energy through space. Olivia has also worked internationally as a model across fashion and commercial industries, an experience that deepened her understanding of editorial storytelling and the visual language of the camera. She holds a Master’s degree in Interaction Design from the London College of Communication, where she engaged with speculative and exploratory design practices that continue to shape her approach to image-making and experimentation. Through photography, self-portraiture, and collaborations with performers and artists, she creates images that explore the body as both intimate landscape and expressive medium.