Lillian Baynes Griffin (1871–1916) was a British-born American journalist and photographer who contributed to publications including The New York Times[1] and Vanity Fair.

Her article topics ranged from medical treatments and art criticism to gardening, needlework and Rose Pastor Stokes,[2] and among her portrait subjects were Grover Cleveland’s family, John Jacob Astor VI, Winslow Homer and European royalty.

[4] In 1899, Lillian married the painter Walter Griffin; by then she had written about topics including art classes taught by William Merritt Chase and advancements in care for premature infants.

Lillian wrote features for publications including The Art Amateur, The Delineator, Frank Leslie’s Weekly, Harper’s Bazar, the Hartford Courant, The Illustrated American, Ladies’ Home Journal and the Los Angeles Times.

[3] In 1915, Lillian offended leaders of the Camera Club of New York by refusing to deliver a message from one male member to another—the letter insulted its recipient as "a liar and traitor," she explained.

The club administrators counter-accused her of keeping a messy studio and owing back dues, and she accused them in turn of prurient interest in her photos of nudes.