Olivia Heussler (born 1957 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss photographer known for her photos of major political, historical and cultural events.

Her photo essays have depicted the Youth Movements in Zürich, Nicaragua during war and peace, the situation of the Kurds in Turkey and the Human Rights in Latin America.

1986 Nicaragua, Produzentengalerie, Zurich 1987 Nicaragua, Galería Fernando Gordillo, Managua 1988 Nicaragua, Nikon Live Galerie, Zurich 1991 Von Zeit zu Zeit, Galerie Mitte, Dresden 1991 Bildbruchbild, University of Zürich 1993 Out of Jerusalem, Photoforum PasquArt, Bienne 1994 Occupied women, Saint Gervais, Geneva 1995 Occupied women, Months of Photography, Bratislava 1996 Peoples in Zones of Conflict, Zafta Municipality, Haifa 1996 From time to time, Galleria La Rada, Locarno 2002 Vie de femmes, Federal office of migration, Berne 2002 Vie de femmes, Segment gallery Hofburg OSCE, Vienna 2002 Vie des femmes, United Nations Office, Vienna 2003 Via Gottardo, Leica Galerie, Bienne 2003 Via Gottardo, Museo nazionale, Ospizio San Gottardo 2009 Der Traum von Solentiname Kunstraum Winterthur 2010 Zürich, Sommer 1980, messagesalon downtown, Perla Mode, Zurich] 2014 Zurich.

Photobastei Zürich 2017 Contres Pouvoirs, Halle au Blé, Altkirch, France 2019 Zurich, the 80s, Swiss Embassy, Belgrade, Serbia In The Face of Human Rights[3] the following photos by Olivia Heussler can be found: Prohibition of discrimination: Czech Republic, Brno, 1992: "Death for Gipsies!"

(p. 109 above right), Guatemala, 1985: During a campaign by a women’s group (Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo), formed to help one another (p. 143 above), Honduras, Tegucigalpa, April 1984: Honduran military generals during a meeting (p. 143 below), Switzerland, Zurich, March 1993: Refugees from Sri Lanka learning German (p. 149), Protection of private life: Italien, Brindisi, 1992: Police raid in the quarter il Paradiso (p. 339 above), The right to work: Pakistan, Quetta, 2001: Three Hazara boys work as carpet weavers 10 hours a day, seven days a week and for $30 a month (p. 511), Nicaragua, Mulukukú, 1994: Women of the MLO (Maria Luisa Ortiz) Women’s cooperative are instructed in their carpentry workshop (p. 516), The Protection of property: Switzerland, Zurich, 1988: Allotment garden (p. 531 above), Fair trial and prohibition of torture: Turkey, Ankara, December 1990: Judge Muhittin Mihcak during a trial against three Kurdish lawyers (p. 584 below), Guatemala, Guatemala City, 1985: People standing in a public place in front of a list of missing persons (p. 605 below), Political rights and freedom of expression: Romania, Sibiu, 20 May 1990: The Roma family Mihai going to vote for the first time (p. 646), Romania, Sibiu, 20 May 1990: Romani woman Mrs Mihai is going to vote for the first time in 40 years (p. 653 above).