Lili Noemi is a personal narrative photographer and writer working towards her bachelor’s degree in Photography and Related Media with a minor in English at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
In 2024, her work of collaged snapshots was displayed at the museum at FIT for the exhibition “This Must Be The Place.” She will be working as lead photographer, and photographer’s assistant for Blush Magazine’s “The Dissonance Issue” publishing in December of 2025.
She is inspired by works such as Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka and Seventeen Girl Days by Hiromix. She is currently developing a collection of personal essays for a photo book entitled “A Lot To Say,” which entails the blending of intimate digital and film images with literary work. The project will be exhibited at the Museum at FIT in spring of 2026.
As a first generation Mexican American, I represent many things. I am an artist, a daughter, a sister, a writer. By using my intersectionality as my main muse, I am able to document and perform the life experiences that have shaped my world as a young female artist growing up in New York City.
Through my work, I revive my memory; let it breathe within a frame. I give myself the freedom to feel, using photography as a physical vessel for emotional material. When drafting projects I begin by looking inward for inspiration.
From using real “Ring” camera footage to create episodes of my home life, to doing a multimedia series about how much I laugh and cry. Producing this kind work is a part of a larger journey of healing.
I create, and I release.
I shamelessly exploit my intimate life because that is where I believe the true beauty of my art lies: in the moments no one was meant to see, and the stories that were never meant to be read.
“The decisive moment of human development is everlasting”
— Franz Kafka