Women have made significant contributions to photography since its inception. Notable participants include: Books

Afghanistan

* Farzana Wahidy (born 1984), documentary photographer concentrating on women's issues in Afghanistan

Algeria

* Zohra Bensemra (born 1968), photojournalist

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

* Rena Effendi (born 1977), interested in the environment, post-conflict society, the effects of oil industry on people and social disparity

Belarus

* Ottilia Reizman (1914–1986), documentary film and news photographer * Tatsiana Tsyhanova (born 1978), portrait photographer

Belgium

* Charlotte Abramow (born 1993), photographer and filmmaker * Marleen Daniels (born 1958), photojournalist turned fashion photographer * Jennifer Des (born 1975), photographer * Bieke Depoorter (born 1986), Magnum photographer, several photo books *

Martine Franck Martine Franck (2 April 1938 – 16 August 2012) was a British-Belgian documentary and portrait photographer. She was a member of Magnum Photos for over 32 years. Franck was the second wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson and co-founder and president ...

(1938–2012), documentary photographer and portrait photographer * Cindy Frey (active since 2003), musical bands photographer * Nathalie Gassel (born 1964), writer, photographer * Aglaia Konrad (born 1960), photographer, educator * Diana Lui (born 1968), Malaysian-Belgian artist, photographer * Régine Mahaux (born 1967), celebrity photographer * Germaine Van Parys (1893–1983), pioneering photojournalist who joined ''

Le Soir ''Le Soir'' (, "The Evening") is a French-language Belgian daily newspaper. Founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel, it was intended as a politically independent source of news. It is one of the most popular Francophone newspapers in Belgium, competing ...

'' in 1922 * Marie-Françoise Plissart (born 1954), architecture photographer, videoartist * Agnès Varda (1928–2019), film director, photographer, educator * Eva Vermandel (born 1974), has photographed in Iceland and Ireland * Katrien Vermeire (born 1979), photographer, filmmaker * Stéphanie Windisch-Graetz (1939–2019), artistic portrait and animal photographer

Brazil

* Claudia Andujar (born 1931), Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and photojournalist * Brígida Baltar (born 1959), visual artist and photographer * Alice Brill (1920–2013), German-born Brazilian photographer and painter * Angélica Dass (born 1979), photographer and lecturer * Luiza Prado (born 1988), artist, photographer * Rosângela Rennó (born 1962), artistic photographer * Hildegard Rosenthal (1913–1990), German photographer noted for her work after emigration to Brazil * Juliana Stein (born 1970), visual artist and photographer * Cybèle Varela (born 1943), mixed-media artist * Alice Dellal (born 1987), model, photographer

Cameroon

Ginette Daleu Ginette Daleu (born 23 September 1977; died 9 November 2018) was an artist from Cameroon. Biography Ginette Flore Daleu was born in 1977 at Metet in Cameroon. She was a degree from the Institut de Formation Artistique in Mbalmayo and gradua ...

(1977–2018), artist and photographer * Angèle Etoundi Essamba (born 1962), humanist photographer of Africa

Canada

China (People's Republic)

Croatia

* Marija Braut (1929–2015), artistic photographer *

Sanja Iveković Sanja Iveković (born 1949 in Zagreb) is a Croatian photographer, performer, sculptor and installation artist. Her work is known to tackle such issues as female identity, media, consumerism, and political strife. Considered to be one of the leading ...

(born 1949), photographer, sculptor and installation artist, creating photographic works early in her career, earning her the Camera Austria Award * Ivana Tomljenović-Meller (1906–1988), photographer, poster designer, and teacher who attended the

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 20 ...

Cuba

* Marta María Pérez Bravo (born 1959), black-and-white photography expressing mythological beliefs * Lissette Solorzano (born 1969), medical photographer, photojournalist, widely exhibited

Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic

* Bohumila Bloudilová (1876–1946), portrait photographer * Irena Blühová (1904–1991), documentary photographer, student of the Bauhaus and Bratislava School of Fine Arts * Veronika Bromová (born 1966), specialist in new media applications * Anna Fárová (1928–2010), photography historian * Eva Fuka (1927–2015), see

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

* Jitka Hanzlová (born 1958), portrait photographer * Libuše Jarcovjáková (born 1952), diaristic photographer * Běla Kolářová (1923–2010), Avant-garde photographer * Markéta Luskačová (born 1944), social photographer, often covering children, also London's markets * Emila Medková (1928–1985), influenced by surrealism * Lucia Moholy (1894–1989), born in Prague, produced many of the photographs associated with the

school, later working as a stage photographer in Berlin * Marie Šechtlová (1928–2008), the poetry of the everyday

Democratic Republic of Congo

* Gosette Lubondo (b. 1993), photographer * Pamela Tulizo (b. 1994), photographer

Denmark

Ecuador

* Isadora Romero photojournalist

Egypt

Estonia

* Ina Bandy (1903–1973), Tallinn-born humanist photographer, later based in Paris *

Birgit Püve Birgit Püve (born November 7, 1978) is an Estonian photographer. She lives and works in Tallinn. Life and work Birgit Püve started out as a writing journalist for the Estonian weekly newspaper ''Eesti Ekspress''. She quickly became a successfu ...

(born 1978), freelance photographer and photo editor * Katrina Tang (born 1985), fashion and portrait photographer * Ann Tenno (born 1952), landscape photographer and photo artist, noted for her photographs of

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

and the churches and manor houses of Estonia

Ethiopia

* Sheba Chhachhi (born 1958), photographer, filmmaker, artist * Eyerusalem Jiregna (born 1993), photographer and photojournalist * Aïda Muluneh (born 1974), photographer, photojournalist and contemporary artist

Finland

Eija-Liisa Ahtila Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a contemporary visual artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Helsinki. Ahtila is most known for her multi-panel cinematic installations. She experiments with narrative storytellin ...

(born 1959), conceptual photographer and video artist * Caroline Becker (1826–1881), the first professional female photographer in Finland *

Signe Brander Signe Viola Brander (15 April 1869 – 17 May 1942) was a Finnish photographer. She is best known for documenting the changing cityscapes of Helsinki and the everyday lives of the city's inhabitants in the early 20th century. Early life Brande ...

(1869–1942), cityscapes of Helsinki * Adele Enersen (fl 2010s), writer, photographer, blogger *

Elina Brotherus Elina Brotherus (born 29 April 1972) is a Finnish photographer and video artist specializing in self-portraits and landscapes. Life Brotherus was born in Helsinki. She earned an M.S. in analytical chemistry from the University of Helsinki in 199 ...

(born 1972), photographer, video artist * Nanna Hänninen (born 1973), chaotic objects, urban landscapes, and plants with repainting * Marja Helander (born 1965), Sámi photographer, artist and filmmaker * Marjaana Kella (born 1961), portrait photographer and academic *

Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen (born 1948) is a Finnish photographer who has worked in Britain since the 1960s.Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen (ed. Andrew Pulver),Photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's best shot, ''The Guardian,'' 12 August 2009. Accessed 11 Nove ...

(born 1948), has photographed the

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district of

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and created a ''Coal Coast'' series on the beach between

Seaham Seaham is a seaside town in County Durham, England. Located on the Durham Coast, Seaham is situated south of Sunderland and east of Durham. The town grew from the late 19th century onwards as a result of investments in its harbour and ...

and Hartlepool * Meeri Koutaniemi (born 1987), photographer and journalist * Tuija Lindström (1950–2017), photographer, artist and academic * Susanna Majuri (1978–2020), captures short narrative scenes as if film stills *

Laura Malmivaara Laura Pauliina Malmivaara (born 26 October 1973) is a Finnish actress. Her acting career began in 1993, and includes dozens of roles in film and television productions, as well as stage appearances. In addition to acting, she has also worked as ...

(born 1973), actress, photographer and television host * Heli Rekula (born 1963), photographer and video maker * Victoria Schultz (fl 1970s), photographer and documentary film producer * Seita Vuorela (1971–2015), novelist and photographer * Saana Wang (born 1979), fine art photographer * Julia Widgrén (1842–1917), early female professional photographer

France

Gambia

* Khadija Saye (30 July 1992 – 14 June 2017)

Germany

Ghana

* Felicia Abban (born 1935), Ghana's first female professional photographer * Josephine Kuuire artist, photographer, and activist

Greece

* Ianna Andreadis (born 1960), combines photography with her interest in archaeology, also landscapes from southern Africa * Venia Bechrakis (fl 2000s), artist and fine art photographer *

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(fl 2000s), landscape photographer * Nelly's (1899–1998), noted for her Greek temples, Berlin Olympics, later advertising, photo-reportages in the United States * Voula Papaioannou (1898–1990), photographer of Greek people and landscapes * Mary Paraskeva (1882–1951), possibly the first Greek woman to have left a large photographic legacy from the beginning of the 20th century *

Athena Tacha Athena Tacha ( el, Αθηνά Τάχα; born in Larissa, Greece, 1936-), is a multimedia visual artist. She is best known for her work in the fields of environmental public sculpture and conceptual art. She also worked in a wide array of materials ...

(born 1936), conceptual photographer

Guatemala

* María Cristina Orive (1931–2017), photographer, reporter and photojournalist, co-founder of the La Azotea publishing the work of Latin American photographers

Hong Kong

* Tang Ying Chi (born 1956), artist, curator, photographer * Wong Wo Bik (graduated 1977), architectural photographer

Hungary

* Vivienne Balla (born 1986), fashion and fine art * Ghitta Carell (1899–1972), Hungarian-born Italian portrait photographer *

Kati Horna Kati Horna (May 19, 1912 - October 19, 2000), born Katalin Deutsch, was a Hungarian-born Mexican photojournalist, Surrealism, surrealist photographer and teacher. She was born in Budapest, at the time part of the Austria-Hungary, Austrian-Hungaria ...

(1912–2000), Hungarian-born Mexican photojournalist * Judith Karasz (1912–1977), Bauhaus graduate * Ergy Landau (1896–1967), Hungarian-born photographer, worked in Vienna, Berlin and latterly in Paris *

Mari Mahr Mari Mahr (born 1941) is a Hungarian-British photographer. She was born in Santiago, Chile where her Hungarian Jewish parents had fled during World War II. After the war, the family moved back to Budapest. Mahr was inspired to study journalism by ...

(born 1941), Hungarian-British photographer * Olga Máté (1878–1961), early portrait photographer *

Ylla Camilla "Ylla" Koffler ( hu, Koffler Kamilla; 16 August 1911 – 30 March 1955) was a Hungarian photographer who specialized in animal photography. At the time of her death she "was generally considered the most proficient animal photographer in ...

(born Camilla Koffler) (1911–1955), first to specialize in animal portraiture

Iceland

* Hansína Regína Björnsdóttir (1884–1972) * María Guðmundsdóttir, filmmaker, photographer and actress * Nicoline Weywadt (1848–1921), pioneering female photographer * Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir (born 1978), whose work posted to Flickr led to employment in advertising campaigns

India

* Sonal Ambani (fl 2000s), writer, artist and photographer * Rita Banerji (fl 2000s), writer, photographer and gender activist *

Dimpy Bhalotia Dimpy Bhalotia (born 1987) is an Indian street photographer based out of London and Mumbai. Bhalotia was Grand Prize Winner in the Photographer of the Year category at the iPhone Photography Awards in 2020 for her photograph "Flying Boys" photogra ...

(born 1987), street photographer * Pamella Bordes (born 1961), worked as an international photojournalist for Gamma Press Photos, exhibitions include notable images from India and Cambodia, also self-portraits * Sue Darlow (1960–2011), photographer in the UK and India * Serin George (fl 2000s), fashion photographer and model * Gauri Gill (born 1970), contemporary photographer * Li Gotami Govinda (1906–1988), painter, photographer, writer and composer * Indrani (born mid-1980s, Kolkata), full name Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, India's best known fashion photographer, based in New York, known for her celebrity portraits such as

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

, Iman, Beyoncé, Kate Winslet,

Will Smith Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor and rapper. He began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom '' The Fresh ...

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...

Kim Kardashian Kimberly Noel Kardashian (formerly West; born October 21, 1980) is an American socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the s ...

Kanye West Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...

, also known as a

Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was f ...

Award-winning film director * Saadiya Kochar (born 1979), first worked with the human body, portraits and then documentary ( Kashmir) * Ashagi Lamiya (born 1989), artist, photographer and actress * Richa Maheshwari (born 1988), a fashion and lifestyle photographer based in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

* Pushpamala N. (born 1956), photographer and visual artist * Latika Nath (fl 2000s), writer, photographer and wildlife conservationist * Rathika Ramasamy, India's first woman wildlife photographer, particularly of birds * Ketaki Sheth (born 1957), photographer and writer * Dayanita Singh (born 1961), first photojournalism, later portraits and documentary work including

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

* Shobha Deepak Singh (born 1943), photographer, writer and dancer * Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957), a screenwriter also working in photography, especially of India's

Parsi Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ...

community * Hema Upadhyay (1972–2015), photographer and installation artist * Ajita Suchitra Veera (fl 2000s), film director, writer and photographer *

Homai Vyarawalla Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist. She began her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the cit ...

(1913–2012), India's first woman photojournalist, covered celebrities including Gandhi,

Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

and Indira Gandhi * Annapurna Dutta (1894 - 1976), one of India's earliest professional female photographers; her photos featured

Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu (''née'' Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist, feminist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important person in Ind ...

and others.

Iran

* Sahar Ajdamsani (born 1996), singer, writer, photographer * Fatemeh Behboudi (born 1985), photojournalist and documentary photographer *

Parisa Damandan Parisa Damandan, or Parīsā Damandān Nafīsī (born 1967, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian photographer and art historian. She received a degree in photography from the University of Tehran.Isfahan, continuing her work after the

2003 Bam earthquake The 2003 Bam earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 01:56 UTC (5:26 am Iran Standard Time) on December 26. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The ear ...

* Solmaz Daryani (born 1989), photographer and photojournalist * Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (born 1981), photographer, television actress and short movies director * Shadi Ghadirian (born 1974), portraits of women dressed in traditional style, often juxtaposed with modern anomalies such as a mountain bike or cola can, now increasingly exhibited in the west *

Hengameh Golestan Hengameh Golestan ( fa, هنگامه گلستان; born Hengameh Jalali (), 1952) is an Iranian photographer. She is considered a pioneer among Iranian women photographers. In March 1979, when in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution women in I ...

(born 1952), pioneering woman photographer * Sooreh Hera (born 1973), artist and photographer *

Zahra Kazemi Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi ( fa, زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی; 1948 – 11 July 2003) was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photojournalist. She gained notoriety for her arrest in Iran and the circumstances in which she was held by I ...

(1948–2003), Iranian-Canadian freeland photojournalist who died following arrest in Iran after covering poverty, destitutions and oppression in the

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (Europ ...

* Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian photographer and curator, installation based photography *

Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat ( fa, شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957 in Qazvin) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and th ...

(born 1957), photos of women confronted by Islamic fundamentalism, later working with multimedia and film * Ashraf os-Saltaneh (1863–1914), first woman photographer of Iran *

Shirana Shahbazi Shirana Shahbazi (; born 1974) is an Iranian-born photographer who now lives in Switzerland. Her work includes installations and large prints of conceptual photography. Biography Born in Tehran, Shahbazi moved to Germany in 1985, studying photogr ...

(born 1974), conceptual photography, installations *

Newsha Tavakolian Newsha Tavakolian ( fa, نیوشا توکلیان; born 1981) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for ''Time'' magazine, ''The New York Times'', ''Le Figaro'', and ''National Geographic''. Her work focuses o ...

(born 1981), Iranian documentary photographer *

Maryam Zandi Maryam Zandi (born 1946 in Gorgan, Iran) is an Iranian documentary photographer and author. She is best known for her photographs during the Iranian Revolution. Biography She spent her school years in Gorgan and then graduated from University ...

(born 1947), founding board member of Iran's National Society of Photographers, has published many calendars of Iranian portraits

Iraq

* Halla Ayla (born 1957), photographer, painter

Ireland

* Rhiannon Adam (born 1985) *

Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed (26 June 1860 – 27 July 1934), usually known after her third marriage as Mrs Aubrey Le Blond and to her climbing friends as Lizzie Le Blond, was an Irish pioneer of mountaineering at a time when it was almost unheard ...

(1860–1934), mountaineer, writer and photographer * Joan Kennelly (died 2007), photographer and photojournalist * Jane Shackleton (1843–1909), pioneering Irish photographer * Helen Sloan (active since 1994), still and film photographer, known for photographing the TV series ''Game of Thrones''

Israel

* Lili Almog (born 1961), photographer and mixed media artist * Dalia Amotz (1938–1994), photographer, works exhibited in Jerusalem's Israel Museum * Sheffy Bleier (born 1964), photographer and educator * Elinor Carucci (born 1971), see

Michal Chelbin Michal Chelbin (born 1974) is an Israeli photographer. Her work is held in the collections of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; Metropolitan Museum, New York; LACMA; Getty Center, LA; and the Jewish Museum, New York. Early life Chelbin was bor ...

(born 1974), former military photographer, several publications * Liselotte Grschebina (1908–1994), German-born, emigrated to Palestine, roots in New Vision * Lea Golda Holterman (born 1976), commercial and artistic photographer * Naomi Leshem (born 1963), fine art photographer * Sagit Zluf Namir (born 1978) * Angelika Sher (born 1969), Lithuanian-born Israeli photographer * Tal Shochat (born 1974), fine arts photographer

Italy

Letizia Battaglia Letizia Battaglia (; 5 March 1935 – 13 April 2022) was an Italian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the Mafia. A documentary film based on her lif ...

(1935-2022), photojournalist in

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, specializing in coverage of the Mafia for the newspaper ''L'Ora'' *

Vanessa Beecroft Vanessa Beecroft (born April 25, 1969) is an Italian-born American contemporary performance artist; she also works with photography, video art, sculpture, and painting. Many of her works have made use of professional models, sometimes in large nu ...

(born 1969), photographer and performance artist, now in Los Angeles * Monica Bonvicini (born 1965), sculptor, photographer, video artist, educator * Ghitta Carell (1899–1972), Hungarian-born, naturalized Italian photographer fluent from 1930 to 1950 *

Elisabetta Catalano Elisabetta Catalano (1944 – 4 January 2015) was an Italian fine-art photographer mostly specialized in black and white and color portraiture. Life Catalano was born in Rome, and took up photography as an autodidact. In the early 1960s she sta ...

(1944–2015), fine art photographer * Marcella Campagnano (born 1941) *

Marina Cicogna Contessa Marina Cicogna (born 29 May 1934) is a female Italian film producer and photographer. She produced the film '' Belle de Jour,'' which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1967. Personal life Cicogna was born in Rome and g ...

(born 1934), film producer and photographer * Francesca Dani (born 1979), travel photographer * Yvonne De Rosa (born 1975), art photography * Inge Feltrinelli (1930–2018), German-born Italian photographer and publisher * Domiziana Giordano (born 1959), painter, actress, photographer and video artist * Maria Eisner (1909–1991), Italian-American photographer, photo editor and photo agent * Luisa Lambri (born 1969), working mainly on architecture and abstraction * Otonella Mocellin (born 1966), photographer and video artist *

Tina Modotti Tina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern. She left Italy in 1913 and moved to ...

(1896–1942), born in Italy, worked as a fine art photographer and documentarian, with

Edward Weston Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." ...

, ran a studio in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

* Valentina Murabito (born 1981), photographer and visual artist * Dianora Niccolini (born 1936), pioneer of male nude photography *

Virginia Oldoini Virginia Oldoïni Rapallini, Countess of Castiglione (22 March 1837 – 28 November 1899), better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was also a significant ...

(1837–1899), early proponent, aesthetically interested in images of herself, large collection in

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

Priscilla Rattazzi Priscilla Rattazzi (born 1956) is an Italian-born photographer whose work has been featured for over four decades in international magazines, galleries and museum exhibitions. Personal life Priscilla Rattazzi was born in Rome, Italy and came to ...

(born 1956), Italian-American magazine photographer * Chiara Samugheo (1935–2022), photographer, photojournalist * Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), fashion, installations, video * Grazia Toderi (born 1963), video artist and photographer * Wanda Wulz (1903–1984), experimental fine art photographer

Jamaica

* Esther Anderson (born 1946), portraits and documentary work *

Maria LaYacona Maria LaYacona (1926–2019) was an American-born photographer who worked primarily in Jamaica. For its first three decades, she was the official photographer for the country's National Dance Theatre Company. Early life LaYacona's parents emigrated ...

(1926–2019) *

Donnette Zacca Donnette Ingrid Zacca (born May 2, 1957) is a Jamaican fine art photographer, lecturer, and artist. ''The Jamaican Magazine'' and the National Gallery of Jamaica have listed her among the best photographers in the nation. She has exhibited at the ...

(born 1957)

Japan

Kenya

* Mimi Cherono Ng'ok

Kuwait

* Maha Al-Asaker

Latvia

* Inta Ruka (born 1958), specializing in portraits of people in the areas where they live

Lithuania

* Esther Shalev-Gerz (born 1957), installation artist who also exhibits her photography * Audronė Vaupšienė (born 1965), fashion photographer and collaborator in artworks

Luxembourg

* Deborah De Robertis (born 1984), performance artist and photographer * Marianne Majerus (born 1956), specializes in garden photography contributing widely to magazines and newspapers *

Su-Mei Tse Su-Mei Tse (born 1973) is a Luxembourgian musician, artist and photographer. Her work combines photography, video, installations and music. In 2003, she received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale for the best national participation.

(born 1973), musician, artist and photographer

Mali

* Fatoumata Diabaté (born 1980)

Malta

* Adelaide Conroy (born 1839), early photographer in Valletta

Mexico

Morocco

* Aassmaa Akhannouch (born 1973) * Leila Alaoui (1982–2016) * Lalla Essaydi (born 1956) * Leila Ghandi (born 1980)

Namibia

* Margaret Courtney-Clarke (born 1949), documentary photographer and photojournalist

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

* Bani Abidi (born 1971), fine art photographer and video artist * Saadia Sehar Haidari (born 1971), photojournalist * Sadia Khatri (fl 2010s), photographer and feminist activist * Farah Mahbub (born 1965), fine art photographer *

Farrukh Saleem Farrukh Saleem (Urdu: فاروخ سليم) is an Islamabad-based Pakistani political scientist, economist, financial analyst, journalist and a television personality. He has published articles on geopolitics, economic competition and educatio ...

(born 1988), Karachi based Female photographer known for her portraits and wedding photography

Palestine

* Karimeh Abbud (1896–1955), professional photographer in Nazareth in the 1930s, also producing postcards * Sama Raena Alshaibi (born 1973), Iraq-born Palestinian–US conceptual artist, using photography, also an academic * Rula Halawani (born 1964), photographer, photojournalist, educator *

Emily Jacir Emily Jacir ( ar, املي جاسر) is a Palestinian artist and filmmaker. Biography Jacir was born in Bethlehem in 1973, Jacir spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia, attending high school in Italy. She attended the University of Dallas, Memp ...

(born 1972), artist in photography and other media, also an academic *

Ahlam Shibli Ahlam Shibli ( ar, أحلام شبلي, born 1970) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian photographer from Israel. Her work explores themes of home and belonging and documents the life of Arabs in Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel, villages ...

(born 1970), photographer of Bedouins of Palestinian descent

Peru

* Andrea Hamilton (born 1968), fine art photographer * Milagros de la Torre (fl 1990s), fine art photographer * Daphne Zileri (1936–2011), Argentine-born Peruvian photographer and photobook author

Poland

* Jadwiga Golcz (1866–1936), Polish photographer, one of pioneering women of the medium in Poland * Lotte Beese (1903–1988) * Helga Kohl (born 1943), Polish photographer based in Namibia * Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), Austrian-Australian photographer of Polish-Jewish origin, portraits, architecture of Barcelona, Jewish quarter in Cracow * Nata Piaskowski (1912–2004), Polish-born American photographer, portraits and landscapes, based in San Francisco * Zofia Rydet (1911–1997), documented postwar Poland * Faye Schulman (1924–2015), took photos during World War II * Ilona Szwarc (born 1984), photographer * Joanna Zastróżna (born 1972), photographer and filmmaker

Portugal

Helena Almeida Helena Almeida (11 April 1934 – 25 September 2018) was a Portuguese artist known for her work in photography, performance art, body art, painting and drawing. She represented Portugal at the Venice Biennale in 1982 and 2005 and had a solo e ...

(1934–2018), conceptual painter and photographer * Helena Corrêa de Barros (1910-2000), amateur photographer * Ana Dias (born 1984), photographer of erotic femininity * Mónica de Miranda (born 1976), photographer and visual artist

Romania

* Alexandra Croitoru (born 1975), seeks to challenge accepted ideas of power sharing and gender in Romania * Marta Rădulescu (1912–1959), writer and photographer * Thea Segall (1929–2009), Romanian photographer who was based in Venezuela

Russia

* Hélène Adant (1903–1985), Russian-born French photographer * Evgenia Arbugaeva (born 1985), photographer of the Russian Arctic * Maria Bordy (born 1918), Russian-born press photographer active in the U.S. * Anastasia Chernyavsky (fl 2010s), Russian-born photographer working in the U.S. * Tatyana Danilyants (born 1971), film director, photographer and poet *

Lena Herzog Elena Herzog (née Pisetski; born in 1970) is a Russian-American visual artist and photographer. Biography Elena Pisetski was born in Sverdlovsk, in what was then the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, in 1970. She moved to Leningrad in 1987 to attend ...

(born 1970), see

* Masha Ivashintsova (1942–2000), photographer from St Petersburg * Ida Kar (1908–1974), known for her portraits of artists and writers * Anastasia Khoroshivlova (born 1978), artist and photographer * Galina Kmit (1931–2019), artist, photographer and photojournalist * Diana Markosian (born 1989), documentary photographer who has photographed the north Caucasus and central Asia * Elena Mrozovskaya (before 1892 – 1941), early Russian professional photographer * Irina Popova (born 1986), Russian / Dutch documentary photographer * Galina Sanko (1904–1981), photojournalist and war photographer * Yulia Spiridonova (born 1986), photographer and contemporary artist * Danila Tkachenko (born 1989), visual artist and documentary photographer * Sophia Tolstaya (1844–1919), diarist and photographer * Natalia Turine (born 1964), German-born Russian photographer and journalist based in France

Singapore

* Marjorie Doggett (1921–2010),

animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their Utilitarianism, utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding s ...

advocate, architectural photographer, and heritage conservationist * Sim Chi Yin (born 1978), photojournalist

South Africa

* Jenna Bass (born 1986), film director, photographer and writer * Jodi Bieber (born 1966), known for taking the photograph of Bibi Aisha, the Afghanistan woman whose nose and ears were mutilated by her husband and brother-in-law * Hannelie Coetzee (fl 2000s), visual artist and professional photographer *

Mbali Dhlamini Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990) is a South African artist. She predominantly works in photography and time-based media. Life Dhlamini was born 1990 in Soweto, Johannesburg. From 2008 to 2009, she studied printmaking at the Artist Proof Studio in Joh ...

(born 1990), artist and photographer * Tracy Edser (born 1982), photojournalist and documentary producer * Vera Elkan (1908–2008), remembered for her images of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War * Phumzile Khanyile (born 1991) * Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914–2000), South African's first female World War II correspondent, also known for images of South Africa * Carla Liesching (born 1985), visual artist specialising in photography * Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982), visual artist and photographer * Ruth Seopedi Motau (born 1968), professional photographer and photo editor *

Zanele Muholi Zanele Muholi (born 19 July 1972) is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000's, documen ...

(born 1972), has used photography in support of

LGBTI Intersex people are born with sex characteristics (such as genitals, gonads, and chromosome patterns) that "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". They are substantially more likely to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

issues, several solo and group exhibitions since 2004 * Neo Ntsoma (born 1972), known for being the first woman recipient of the Mohamed Amin Award, the CNN African Journalist of the Year Prize Photography * Jo Ractliffe (born 1961), photographer and teacher * Lesley Rochat (fl 2000s), conservationist and underwater photographer * Colla Swart (born 1930), photographs of people, landscapes and flowers in

Namaqualand Namaqualand (khoekhoe: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoe people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of . It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River into ...

* Nontsikelelo Veleko (born 1977), depicts black identity * Gisèle Wulfsohn (1957–2011), covered the struggle against apartheid and HIV/AIDS awareness initiatives

South Korea

Jun Ahn Jun Ahn (안준) is a South Korean photographer, known primarily for her ''Self-Portrait'' series of photographs taken from atop high buildings. She has worked extensively in the United States, particularly in New York, as well as South Korea. She ...

(fl 2000s), photographer known for her ''Self-Portrait'' series * Bae Doona (born 1979), actress and photographer * Ina Jang (born 1982), South Korean photographer based in the United States *

Miru Kim Miru Kim is an artist, photographer, illustrator, and arts events coordinator, who has explored, documented, and photographed various urban settings such as abandoned subway stations, tunnels, the Croton aqueduct, Paris catacombs, factories, hos ...

(born 1981), artist, photographer and arts events coordinator * Jungjin Lee (born 1961), photographer and artist based in New York * Nikki S. Lee (born 1970), self-portraits posing in various ethnic and social groups such as punks, hip-hop musicians, male partners * Soi Park (fl 2010s), fine art photographer

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

* Hélène Binet (born 1959), first photographed in the Grand Théâtre de Genève before turning to architectural photography, now based in London * Mauren Brodbeck (born in 1974), photography *

Martha Burkhardt Martha Burkhardt (30 April 1874 – 12 January 1956) was a Swiss painter and photographer. Born in the city of Aarau, she spent her childhood in Rapperswil and as an adult made Rapperswil again her home. Early life and education Martha Burkhar ...

(1874–1956), painter and photographer * Claudia Christen (born 1973), multi-disciplinary designer and photographer * Laurence Deonna (born 1937), journalist, writer and photographer * Alwina Gossauer (1841–1926), early professional photographer * Henriette Grindat (1923–1986), artistic photographer in the post-war period inspired by the

surrealistic Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to ...

trends of the times * Beatrice Helg (born 1946), fine art photographer * Olivia Heussler (born 1957), photographer documenting political and cultural events * Monique Jacot (born 1934), photojournalist * Rosa Lachenmeier (born 1959), painter and photographer * Catherine Leutenegger (born 1983), visual artist and photographer *

Ella Maillart Ella Maillart (or Ella K. Maillart; 20 February 1903, Geneva – 27 March 1997, Chandolin) was a Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman. Early life Ella Maillart was the second child, born to a wealthy fur ...

(1903–1997), travel photography * Franziska Möllinger (1817–1880), Switzerland's first female photographer *

Karin Muller Karin Muller (born June 8, 1965) is a Swiss-born author, filmmaker, photographer, and adventurer. She graduated from Williams College in 1987. Career Muller has spent the past twenty years traveling alone to remote cultures and conflict zones ...

(born 1965), author, filmmaker, photographer and adventurer * Marie-Jeanne Musiol (born 1950), Canadian-Swiss photographer *

Marguerite Naville Marguerite-Isabelle Naville ( de Pourtalès; 1852–1930) was a Swiss artist, photographer and writer. After marrying the Egyptologist Édouard Naville in 1873, she accompanied him on 14 archaeological excavation, archaeological trips to Egypt, me ...

(1852–1930), painter, illustrator and photographer of Egyptian archaeological finds * Leta Peer (1964–2012), painter and fine art photographer * Julieta Schildknecht (born 1960), Swiss-Brazilian photographer and journalist *

Annemarie Schwarzenbach Annemarie Minna Renée Schwarzenbach (23 May 1908 – 15 November 1942) was a Swiss writer, journalist and photographer. Her bisexual mother brought her up in a masculine style, and her androgynous image suited the bohemian Berlin society of the ...

(1908–1942), prolific writer and photographer, leaving some 50 photo reports documenting the rise of the Nazis in Germany and her travels to the Middle East and the United States * Eva Sulzer (1909–1990), photographer, musician, collector and filmmaker

Turkey

* Eylül Aslan (fl 2000s), fine art photographer and feminist * Nilüfer Demir (born 1986), photojournalist and photographer * Elvin Eksioglu (born 1966), film director photographer and screenwriter * Semiha Es (1912–2012), Turkey's first female photojournalist, worked between 1950 and 1970s as a war photographer * Yıldız Moran (1932–1995) * Maryam Şahinyan (1911–1996), Turkey's first female photographer, managing a studio from 1937, archive of some 200,000 images * Naciye Suman (1881–1973), Turkey's first Muslim female photographer, owning a studio from 1919 to 1930

Ukraine

* Elena Filatova (born 1974), photographs of the

Chernobyl Chernobyl ( , ; russian: Чернобыль, ) or Chornobyl ( uk, Чорнобиль, ) is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about no ...

area

United Kingdom

United States

Uzbekistan

* Umida Akhmedova (born 1955), photojournalist working in Central Asia, arrested in 2010 for her images of the Uzbek people

Yemen

* Alaa Al-Eryani (born 1990), photographer, filmmaker, writer, and feminist activist

Gallery

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Sarah Angelina Acland Sarah Angelina ("Angie") Acland (26 June 1849 – 2 December 1930) was an English amateur photographer, known for her portraiture and as a pioneer of colour photography. Distributed bThe University of Chicago Pressin the US. She was credited ...

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Annie Leibovitz Anna-Lou Leibovitz ( ; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer best known for her engaging portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz's Polaroid photo of Jo ...