Women Photographers

Throughout history, there have been many women photographers who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Helena Christensen, Diane Arbus, Shirin Neshat, Berenice Abbott.The women photographers featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.

Linda McCartney
(Photographer, Musician)

24 September 1941

American

Helena Christensen
(Danish photographer)

25 December 1968

Danish

Alexandra Hedison
(Photographer, Actress, Director)

10 July 1969

American

Annie Leibovitz
(Portrait Photographer)

02 October 1949

American

Susan Mikula
(Photographer, Rachel Maddow’s Partner)

1958 AD

American

Berry Berenson
(Photographer)

14 April 1948

American

Diane Arbus
(Photographer)

14 March 1923

American

Cynthia Daniel
(Photographer)

17 March 1976

American

Arlene Alda
(Musician, Photographer, Writer)

12 March 1933

American

Shirin Neshat
(Artist, Activist)

26 March 1957

Iranian

Berenice Abbott
(American photographer)

17 July 1898

American

Sasha Czack
(Photographer)

17 July 1950

American

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Carin van der Donk
(Model)

1970 AD

Dutch

Martina Jones
(Model)

Swedish,American

Gisela Getty
(Photographer)

03 April 1949

German

Lillian Liu
(Photographer, Digital Artist)

14 July 1992

Canadian

Tasya van Ree
(Photographer)

30 April 1976

American

Leni Riefenstahl
(Film director, Actor, Photographer, Film producer, Film editor, Screenwriter)

22 August 1902

German

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Gina Lollobrigida
(Actor, Photographer, Sculptor, Journalist)

04 July 1927

Italian

Penny Lancaster
(Model, Photographer)

15 March 1971

British

Dorothea Lange
(Journalist, Photographer, Artist, Photojournalist)

26 May 1895

American

Mary McCartney
(Photographer)

28 August 1969

British

Melissa Auf der Maur
(Singer-songwriter, Photographer, Film producer, Musician, Blogger, Actor, Singer, Guitarist, Model, Record producer)

17 March 1972

Canadian

Minnie Weisz

British

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Cindy Sherman
(Photographer, Film director)

19 January 1954

American

Hiam Abbass
(Actor, Film director, Photographer, Screenwriter, Film actor, Director)

30 November 1960

French,Israeli

Dora Maar
(Photographer, Artist, Painter, Poet, Choreographer, Sculptor, Model)

22 November 1907

French

Lee Miller
(War correspondent, Photographer, War photographer, Photojournalist, Model, Journalist)

23 April 1907

American

Francesca Woodman
(Photographer)

03 April 1958

American

Stephanie Sheh
(Voice actor, Actor, Screenwriter, Audio engineer, Television producer, Photographer, Singer)

10 April 1977

American

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Astrid Kirchherr
(Photographer)

20 May 1938

German

Nan Goldin
(Photographer)

12 September 1953

American

Sally Mann
(Photographer)

01 May 1951

American

Marella Agnelli
(Art collector, Autobiographer, Photographer, Socialite)

04 May 1927

Italian

Scarlet Page
(Photographer)

24 March 1971

British

Margaret Bourke-White
(Photographer, War photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist)

14 June 1904

American

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Julia Margaret Cameron
(Photographer)

11 June 1815

British

Jill Gibson
(Painter, Photographer, Singer, Songwriter)

18 June 1942

American

Jennifer Lyon
(Actor)

27 February 1972

American

Laurie Simmons
(Photographer)

03 October 1949

American

Suze Randall
(Nurse, Photographer, Model, Director, Glamour model)

18 May 1946

British

Gerda Taro
(Photographer, Artist, War photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist)

01 August 1910

German

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Sylvia Plachy
(Photographer)

24 May 1943

American

Holly Randall
(Photographer)

05 September 1978

American

Pamella Bordes
(photographer, beauty pageant contestant)

1961 AD

British

Yelena Yemchuk
(Painter, Photographer)

22 April 1970

American

Sophie Calle
(Photographer, Visual artist, Writer, Choreographer)

09 October 1953

French

Emmanuelle Riva
(Actor, Photographer, Poet)

24 February 1927

French

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Taryn Simon
(Photographer)

04 February 1975

American

Floria Sigismondi
(film director, photographer, screenwriter, music video director)

1965 AD

Canadian

Mary Ellen Mark
(Photographer, Photojournalist, Screenwriter, Journalist)

20 March 1940

American

Carrie Nuttall

American

Anne Geddes
(Photographer, Businessperson, Entrepreneur)

13 September 1956

Australian

Méret Oppenheim
(Photographer, Writer, Painter, Model, Visual artist)

06 October 1913

Swiss,German

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Bunny Yeager
(photographer, model)

13 March 1930

American

Ellen von Unwerth
(photographer)

1954 AD

German

Alison Lapper
(Painter, Photographer)

07 April 1965

British

Helen Levitt
(Photographer, Cinematographer, Screenwriter)

31 August 1913

American

Gertrude Käsebier
(Photographer)

18 May 1852

American

Vanessa Beecroft
(Painter, Photographer, Sculptor)

25 April 1969

Italian

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Rineke Dijkstra
(Photographer)

02 June 1959

Deborah Anderson
(Photographer, Singer)

16 December 1970

British

Eve Arnold
(Journalist, Photographer, Photojournalist)

21 April 1912

American

Sandy Skoglund
(Photographer)

05 September 1946

American

Janet Parker

1938 AD

British

Jill Greenberg
(photographer)

10 July 1967

American

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Fay Godwin
(Photographer)

17 February 1931

British

Elsbeth Juda
(Photographer, Art collector, Opinion journalist)

02 May 1911

German,British

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