Lily Vogt is photographer whose photos are coordinates of harmony and order in the chaotic web of experience. Working as a fashion model since 16, Vogt has traveled to many corners of the world and become uniquely acquainted with working on both sides of the camera lens. This perspective allows her to sympathize with her subjects–often women–in a way that communicates deep connection and presence in the work she makes.
Vogt’s early subjects were often model friends—whose bodies she saw were being captured for the amusement and consumption of others. As an antithetical response to the fashion industry's exploitive tendencies, Vogt photographs her subjects in intimate and earthly settings to evoke a tender, timeless, and fertile sensation of how women can view, relate to, and document each other.
Born in Seattle, WA, Vogt is in constant dialogue with nature, and furthermore, the invisible and temporal cycles that rule our lives. It is this sensitivity to the natural world that is at the core of Vogt’s work, the female form being its symbolic manifestation.
Vogt began developing her own B&W film during the Covid-19 pandemic. Her process leaves the trace of chemicals: evidence of further human interference burned on each delicate image. The content of the work bridges the gap between the physical and the incorporeal, challenging the viewer to question the immediate response to the model figures.