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list of women photographers

The following is an alphabetically ordered list of women who made significant contributions to photography.

  • Berenice Abbott
  • Diane Arbus
  • Eve Arnold
  • Anna Atkins
  • Ellen Auerbach
  • Lillian Violet Bassman
  • Jessie Tarbox Beals
  • Hilla Becher
  • Ilse Bing
  • Thérèse Bonney
  • Margaret Bourke-White
  • Claude Cahun
  • Julia Margaret Cameron
  • Imogen Cunningham
  • Gisèle Freund
  • Laura Gilpin
  • Nan Goldin
  • Jan Groover
  • Martha Louise Holmes
  • Lotte Jacobi
  • Gertrude Käsebier
  • Barbara Kruger
  • Dorothea Lange
  • Annie Leibovitz
  • Helen Levitt
  • Dora Maar
  • Vivian Maier
  • Sally Mann
  • Lee Miller
  • Lisette Model
  • Tina Modotti
  • Lucia Moholy
  • Cindy Sherman
  • Taryn Simon
  • Lorna Simpson
  • Doris Ulmann
  • Homai Vyarawalla
  • Carrie Mae Weems
  • Mariana Yampolsky
This article was most recently revised and updated by Naomi Blumberg.
Citation Information
Article Title: list of women photographers
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 24 October 2014
URL: https://www.britannica.comhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-women-photographers-1998190
Access Date: June 15, 2025