Women have made significant contributions to photography since its inception.
Notable female photographers
- Berenice Abbott 1898-1991
- Karimeh Abbud 1896-1955
- Lola Álvarez Bravo 1907-1993
- Heather Angel 1941-
- Eleanor Antin 1935-
- Diane Arbus 1923-1971
- Eve Arnold 1913-
- Anna Atkins 1799-1871
- Alice Austen 1866-1952
- Tina Barney 1945
- Hilla Becher 1934- (of the husband and wife team Bernd and Hilla Becher)
- Ruth Bernhard 1905-2006
- Margaret Bourke-White 1906-1971
- Esther Bubley 1921-1998
- Claude Cahun 1894-1954
- Sophie Calle 1953-
- Julia Margaret Cameron 1815-1879
- Elinor Carucci 1971-
- Carolyn Cole 1961-
- Marie Cosindas 1925-
- Imogen Cunningham 1883-1976
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe 1895-1989
- Lynn Davis 1944-
- Anna Fox 1961-
- Mary Fitzpatrick, photographer 1968-
- Gisèle Freund 1908-2000
- Eva Fuka 1927-
- Anne Geddes 1956-
- Wilda Gerideau-Squires 1946-
- Laura Gilpin 1891-1979
- Nan Goldin 1953-
- Katy Grannan 1969-
- Jacqueline Hassink 1966-
- Masumi Hayashi 1945-2006
- Hiromix 1976-
- Hannah Hoch 1889-1978
- Candida Höfer 1944-
- Martha Holmes 1923-2006
- Roni Horn 1955-
- Miyako Ishiuchi 1947-
- Lotte Jacobi 1896-1990
- Frances Benjamin Johnston 1864-1952
- Gertrude Käsebier 1852-1934
- Rinko Kawauchi 1972-
- Dorothea Lange 1895-1965
- Nikki S. Lee 1970-
- Annie Leibovitz 1949-
- Helen Levitt 1907-2009
- Ruth Harriet Louise 1903-1940
- Markéta Luskačová 1944-
- Sally Mann 1951-
- Mary Ellen Mark 1940-
- Linda McCartney 1942-1998
- Susan Meiselas 1948-
- Hansel Mieth 1909-1998
- Lee Miller 1907-1977
- Lisette Model 1906-1983
- Tina Modotti 1896-1942
- Lucia Moholy 1894-1989
- Inge Morath 1923-2002
- Barbara Morgan 1900-1992
- Shirin Neshat 1957-
- Catherine Opie 1961-
- Ruth Orkin 1921-1985
- Sylvia Plachy 1943-
- Bettina Rheims 1952-
- Leni Riefenstahl 1902-2003
- Grace Robertson 1930-
- Barbara Rosenthal 1948-
- Cindy Sherman 1954-
- Shima Ryū 1823-1899
- Mieko Shiomi 1909-1984
- Lorna Simpson 1960-
- Sandy Skoglund 1946-
- Jo Spence 1934-1992
- Anya Teixeira 1913-1992
- Gerda Taro 1910-1937
- Joyce Tenneson 1945-
- Doris Ulmann 1884-1934
- Carrie Mae Weems 1953-
- Linda Wolf 1950-
- Marion Post Wolcott 1910-1990
- Francesca Woodman 1958-1981
- Catherine Yass 1963-
- Madame Yevonde 1893-1975
- Loretta Lux 1969-
Gallery
For further reading
- Sullivan, Constance (1990). Women photographers. New York: Abrams. ISBN 0810939509. OCLC 21042087.
- Rosenblum, Naomi (2000). A history of women photographers. 2nd ed. New York: Abbeville Publishing Group (Abbeville Press, Inc.). ISBN 0789206587. OCLC 43729073.
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