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 Rena Effendi (born April 26, 1977) is an Azerbaijani freelance photographer. Her work focuses on themes of environment, post-conflict society, the effects of oil industry on people, and social disparity. As of 2019, she is based in Istanbul, Turke ...

(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 Charlotte Abramow (born 30 September 1993 in Brussels) is a Belgian photographer and filmmaker. Biography Charlotte Abramow was born in Brussels and made her first pictures around the age of 7. At the age of 16, she was spotted by photographer ...

(born 1993), photographer and filmmaker * Marleen Daniels (born 1958), photojournalist turned fashion photographer * Jennifer Des (born 1975), photographer *

Bieke Depoorter Bieke Depoorter (born 1986) is a Belgian photographer. The relationships she establishes with her subjects lie at the foundation of her practice. Depoorter is a member of Magnum Photos and has published the books ''Ou Menya'' (2011), ''I am About ...

(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 Régine Mahaux (born 1967) is a Belgian photographer known for her portraits of the Trump family. Biography Mahaux was born in Liège, Belgium, and now lives in Paris. As a photographer, she first was active in publicity. She now specializes in ...

(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 Marie-Françoise Plissart (born 13 July 1954) is a Belgian photographer and video artist. She explored the photo comics, photo novel format, collaborating with the comic artist Benoît Peeters in several projects. Plissart is also known as an a ...

(born 1954), architecture photographer, videoartist *

Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film ...

(1928–2019), film director, photographer, educator * Eva Vermandel (born 1974), has photographed in Iceland and Ireland *

Katrien Vermeire Katrien Vermeire (born Ostend, 1979) is a Belgian artist. Career Katrien Vermeire studied photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent and art history at Ghent University. She won the quadrennial Fine Arts Award of the Province of W ...

(born 1979), photographer, filmmaker * Stéphanie Windisch-Graetz (1939–2019), artistic portrait and animal photographer

Brazil

Claudia Andujar Claudia Andujar (born June 12, 1931) is a Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and activist. Life The daughter of a Hungarian Jewish father and a Swiss mother, she was born Claudine Haas in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. She grew up in the city of Or ...

(born 1931), Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and photojournalist * Brígida Baltar (born 1959), visual artist and photographer *

Alice Brill Alice Brill (December 13, 1920 – June 29, 2013) was a German-born Brazilian photographer, painter, and art critic. Life and career Alice Brill Czapski was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1920. She was Jewish, the daughter of the painter and the ...

(1920–2013), German-born Brazilian photographer and painter * Angélica Dass (born 1979), photographer and lecturer *

Luiza Prado Luiza Jesus Prado, known as Hifa Cybe is a transdisciplinary artist born in Guaratingueta, Brazil, in 1988. She uses artistic tools such as photography, performance, video art, installation, sculpture, painting, new media, body art, music and ...

(born 1988), artist, photographer *

Rosângela Rennó Rosângela Rennó Gomes (Belo Horizonte, MG, 1962) is a Brazilian artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Her work consists of Photograph, photographic images from public and private archives that question the nature of an image and its symb ...

(born 1962), artistic photographer *

Hildegard Rosenthal Hildegard Baum Rosenthal (March 25, 1913 – September 16, 1990) was a Swiss-born Brazilian photographer, the first woman photojournalist in Brazil. She was part of the generation of European photographers who emigrated during World War II and, ac ...

(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 Alice Olivia Dellal (born 29 July 1987) is a British-Brazilian model and photographer. Biography Daughter of Brazilian model mother, Andrea, and Iraqi-British father, Guy Dellal, Alice is an heiress and granddaughter to the property tycoon, ...

(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 graduat ...

(1977–2018), artist and photographer *

Angèle Etoundi Essamba Angèle Etoundi Essamba is a Cameroonian photographer living and working in Amsterdam. She is most famously known for her work in black and white, humanistic photography, that often focuses on the African woman as a subject matter. Essamba is one o ...

(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 The Camera Austria Award for Contemporary Photography by the City of Graz (''Camera Austria-Preis für zeitgenössische Fotografie der Stadt Graz'') is an award given every two years since 1989 by the city of Graz.Ivana Tomljenović-Meller Ivana Tomljenović-Meller (1906 – 1988), born Ivana Tomljenović, was a graphic designer and art teacher from Zagreb who attended the Bauhaus art school in Germany.

(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., 200 ...

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 Irena Blühová (2 March 1904 – 30 November 1991) was one of the first women Slovak photographers and one of the first photographers in Czechoslovakia to utilize photography as a means of documentary study and social commentary. During World War ...

(1904–1991), documentary photographer, student of the Bauhaus and Bratislava School of Fine Arts *

Veronika Bromová Veronika Bromova, born on 12 August 1966 in Prague, is a Czech new-media artist who focuses on computer manipulating photographs by using the program Photoshop. She lives and works in Prague. She is working with genre themes, feminism, pedophilia ...

(born 1966), specialist in new media applications *

Anna Fárová Anna Fárová (1 June 1928 – 27 February 2010) was a Czech art historian who specialized and catalogued Czech and Czechoslovak photographers, including František Drtikol and Josef Sudek. She was one of the pioneers of writing on history of photo ...

(1928–2010), photography historian *

Eva Fuka Eva Fuka-Engle (in Czech Eva Fuková, née Eva Podešvová, May 5, 1927 – November 25, 2015) was a Czech American photographer. Biography Fuka was born on May 5, 1927 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father, Frantisek Podesva, was a painter and he ...

(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 territorie ...

* Jitka Hanzlová (born 1958), portrait photographer * Libuše Jarcovjáková (born 1952), diaristic photographer *

Běla Kolářová Běla Kolářová née Helclová (24 March 1923, in Terezín – 12 April 2010, in Prague) was a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** ...

(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 Lucia Moholy (née Schulz; 18 January 1894 — 17 May 1989) was a photographer and publications editor. Her photos documented the architecture and products of the Bauhaus, and introduced their ideas to a post-World War II audience. However 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 Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, ''Isídōros'' (a compound of Ἶσις, ''Ísis'', and δῶρον, ''dōron'': "gift of he goddessIsis"). The male equivalent is Isidore. The name surviv ...

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 Katrina Tang (born 17 May 1985) is an Estonian international children's fashion and portrait photographer, art director and videographer. Life and work Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Tang went to high school in Pärnu. She moved to England in 2003 a ...

(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 Sheba Chhachhi is a photographer, women's rights activist, writer, film-maker and an installation artist. She is based in New Delhi and has exhibited her works widely in India and internationally. Issues centring on women and impact of urban t ...

(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 Caroline Becker (1826–1881) was the first professional female photographer in Finland.Valokuvan taide : suomalainen valokuva 1842-1992 / /toim. / Jukka Kukkonen, Tuomo-Juhani Vuorenmaa, Jorma Hinkka. - Hki : Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, 199 ...

(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 Brander ...

(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

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

district of

Byker Byker is a district in the east of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. Home to the Byker Wall estate, made famous by TV series ''Byker Grove'', Byker’s population was recorded at 12,206 in the 2011 census. Byker is borde ...

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 c ...

and

Hartlepool Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...

* Meeri Koutaniemi (born 1987), photographer and journalist *

Tuija Lindström Tuija Lydia Elisabeth Lindström (5 May 1950 – 26 December 2017) was a Finnish-Swedish photographer, artist and professor of photography at School of Photography and Film, University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1992–2001. She lived and ...

(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 Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the na ...

(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 *

Mary Kay Mary Kay Inc. is an American privately owned multi-level marketing company. According to '' Direct Selling News'', Mary Kay was the sixth largest network marketing company in the world in 2018, with a wholesale volume of US$3.25 billion.

(fl 2000s), landscape photographer *

Nelly's Elli Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari ( el, Έλλη Σουγιουλτζόγλου-Σεραϊδάρη; 3 November 1899 – 8 August 1998), better known as Nelly's, was a Greek female photographer whose pictures of ancient Greek temples set against sea an ...

(1899–1998), noted for her Greek temples, Berlin Olympics, later advertising, photo-reportages in the United States *

Voula Papaioannou Voula Papaïoannou (1898–1990) was a Greek photographer, known for her photography of Greece, its people and its landscape. Biography Papaïoannou was born in Lamia, Greece, but grew up in Athens. She studied at the Polytechnic University of ...

(1898–1990), photographer of Greek people and landscapes *

Mary Paraskeva Mary Paraskeva ( el, Μαίρη Παρασκευά; née Gripari (Γρυπάρη), 1882–1951) was a Greek amateur photographer; her photographic legacy from the beginning of the 20th century is probably the earliest known by a Greek woman. Biogra ...

(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 Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptu ...

(born 1936), conceptual photographer

Guatemala

María Cristina Orive María Cristina Orive (1930/1931 – 2 September 2017) was a Guatemalan photographer who has worked as a photojournalist. Together with Sara Facio, she founded the Buenos Aires publishing house La Azotea which specializes in publishing the work of L ...

(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, surrealist photographer and teacher. She was born in Budapest, at the time part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, lived in France, Ge ...

(1912–2000), Hungarian-born Mexican photojournalist * Judith Karasz (1912–1977), Bauhaus graduate *

Ergy Landau Ergy or Erzsy Landau (1896–1967) was a Hungarian-French humanist photographer. Born in Budapest, Landau worked in Franz Xaver Setzer's Vienna studio and then in Rudolf Dührkoop's studio in Berlin. She had photographed the German writer Thoma ...

(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 Olga Máté (1 January 1878 – 5 April 1961) was one of the first women Hungarian photographers, most known for her portraits. She was known for her lighting techniques and used lighted backgrounds to enhance her portraits and still life compos ...

(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 Sonal Ambani is an Indian sculptor and author. She is known for her 2004 book ''Mothers and Daughters'', a photobook, photographic journal celebrating the mother-daughter relationship, which she wrote after losing her mother to cancer as a way of h ...

(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 Pamela Chaudry Singh (born 1961), known for some years as Pamella Bordes, is an Indian photographer and former Femina Miss India, Miss India. Personal life Singh was born in New Delhi in 1961; her father, Major Mahinder Singh Kadian, was an of ...

(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 Gauri Gill (born 1970) is an Indian contemporary photographer who lives in New Delhi. She has been called "one of India's most respected photographers" by the New York Times and one of "the most thoughtful photographers active in India today" ...

(born 1970), contemporary photographer *

Li Gotami Govinda Li Gotami Govinda (born Ratti Petit, 22 April 1906 – 18 August 1988) was an Indian painter, photographer, writer and composer. She was also skilled in ballet and stagecraft. She gained fame with her conversion to Mahayana Buddhism and travels ...

(1906–1988), painter, photographer, writer and composer *

Indrani Indrani (Sanskrit: इन्द्राणी, IAST: ''Indrāṇī, lit.'' Indra's queen), also known as Shachi (Sanskrit: शची, IAST: ''Śacī''), is the queen of the devas in Hinduism. Described as tantalisingly beautiful, proud and ki ...

(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 Iman, Imann, Imaan, Eman, Emaan, or Imman may refer to: Places * Iman, Iran, a village in Kalashi District, Kermanshah Province * The Iman River, the former name of the Bolshaya Ussurka River, a tributary of the Ussuri River in Russia's Primors ...

Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...

Kate Winslet Kate Elizabeth Winslet (; born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, and for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, incl ...

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 Will Smith filmography, acting career starring as Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), a ...

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 sex ...

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, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive progra ...

Award-winning film director * Saadiya Kochar (born 1979), first worked with the human body, portraits and then documentary (

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

) * 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 House ...

* 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 Dayanita Singh (born 18 March 1961) is an Indian photographer whose primary format is the book. She has published fourteen books. Singh's art reflects and expands on the ways in which people relate to photographic images. Her later works, draw ...

(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 Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer and filmmaker who is the screenwriter of ''Mississippi Masala'', ''The Namesake (film), The Namesake'' and Oscar-nominated ''Salaam Bombay!'' (1988), all directed by Mira Na ...

(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 on ...

community *

Hema Upadhyay Hema Upadhyay (born Hema Hirani; 1972 – 11 December 2015) was an Indian artist based in Mumbai. She was known for photography and sculptural installations. She was active from 1998 until her death in 2015. Personal life Born Hema Hirani ...

(1972–2015), photographer and installation artist *

Ajita Suchitra Veera Ajita Suchitra Veera is an Indian film director, writer, illustrator, photographer, and film producer. Veera is best known for a highly visual, grand, epic, cinematic style, with unconventional narrative structures breaking form, blending realit ...

(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 city ...

(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 Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

* 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 Indi ...

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 Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

, 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 earth ...

* Solmaz Daryani (born 1989), photographer and photojournalist *

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi Zahra Amir Ebrahimi ( fa, زهرا اميرابراهيمی; born July 9, 1981) known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi (), is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahim ...

(born 1981), photographer, television actress and short movies director *

Shadi Ghadirian Shadi Ghadirian (born 1974) is an Iranian contemporary photographer. Her work is influenced by her experiences as a Muslim woman living in contemporary Iran, but her work also relates to the lives of women throughout the world. Through her work, sh ...

(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 Sooreh Hera (born 1973) is an Iranian artist and photographer. "Sooreh Hera" is a pseudonym the artist chose for herself. Hera's work, often featuring depictions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, have been considered expressions of free speech to som ...

(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 Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

Sanaz Mazinani Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978) is an Iranian–born Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist, curator and educator, known for her photography and installation art. She is currently based in San Francisco and Toronto. Biography Early life 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 Joan Kennelly (died 2007) was an Irish photographer, photojournalist and founder of the regional newspaper, ''Kerry's Eye''. Kennelly and her husband, Pádraig Kennelly, took more than 500,000 photographs of daily life in County Kerry between 1 ...

(died 2007), photographer and photojournalist * Jane Shackleton (1843–1909), pioneering Irish photographer *

Helen Sloan Helen Sloan, an Irish photographer who initially started her professional work taking wistful pictures of acrobatic artists in a circus company has moved into a long term assignment as a photographer filming for the American HBO's TV series titl ...

(active since 1994), still and film photographer, known for photographing the TV series ''Game of Thrones''

Israel

Lili Almog Lili Almog (Hebrew: לילי אלמוג, b. 1961, Tel Aviv) lives and works in New York City, is a photographer and mixed media artist, who is renowned for her intimate spiritual portraits of women cultural identities around the world. Almog has ...

(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 Elinor Carucci (born June 11, 1971) is an Israeli-American Fine Art Photographer of a North-African and Bukhari descent. She is based in New York City. Carucci has published four monographs to date; ''Closer'' (2002), ''Diary of a Dancer'' (200 ...

(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 Liselotte Grschebina (or Grjebina; 1908–1994) was an Israeli photographer. Biography Early life and education Liselotte Grschebina was born Liselotte Billigheimer in 1908 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Her parents were Rosa and Otto Billigheimer, a Je ...

(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 Sagit Zluf Namir ( he, שגית זלוף נמיר; born 1978) is an Israeli photographer and educator. Biography Namir was born in 1978 in Kfar Saba. She is known for her non-standard representation of still life objects. She takes real life ...

(born 1978) *

Angelika Sher Angelika Sher (born 1969) is a Lithuanian-born Israeli photographer. Biography Angelika Sher was born in Vilna, Lithuania. She immigrated to Israel in 1990. She has earned a BA degree in radiography and natural science from Bar-Ilan Univer ...

(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 Monica Bonvicini (born 1965 in Venice) is an Italian artist. In her work, Bonvicini investigates the relationship between power structures, gender and space. She works intermediately with installation, sculpture, video, photography and drawing me ...

(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 st ...

(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 Francesca Dani, sometimes referred to as Francesca Aurora Dani, (born 5 March 1979 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy) is an Italian travel photographer, and a former cosplayer, net idol model and jewelry designer. Cosplay and modeling career Dani ...

(born 1979), travel photographer * Yvonne De Rosa (born 1975), art photography * Inge Feltrinelli (1930–2018), German-born Italian photographer and publisher *

Domiziana Giordano Domiziana Giordano (born 4 September 1959) is an Italian artist, actress, photographer, and video artist. Giordano has played roles in work directed by Mauro Bolognini, Jean-Luc Godard, Neil Jordan, Ken McMullen, Nicolas Roeg, and Andrei Ta ...

(born 1959), painter, actress, photographer and video artist *

Maria Eisner Maria Eisner (Maria Eisner Lehfeldt; February 8, 1909, in Milan, Italy – March 8, 1991, in New York, New York) was an Italian-American photographer, photo editor and photo agent. She was active in Europe in her early years, and later moved ...

(1909–1991), Italian-American photographer, photo editor and photo agent *

Luisa Lambri Luisa Lambri (born 1969 in Como, Italy) is an Italian artist working with photography and film, based in Milan. Her photographs are often based on architecture and abstraction. Education Lambri grew up in Como, Italy where she was exposed to th ...

(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 and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

* Valentina Murabito (born 1981), photographer and visual artist *

Dianora Niccolini Dianora Niccolini (born October 1936, Florence, Italy) is a fine art photographer known for her photography of the male nude. She was President of Professional Women Photographers (PWP) from 1979 until 1984. Niccolini's work has had multiple gal ...

(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 Floria Sigismondi (, born 1965) is an Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist, and photographer. She is best known for writing and directing '' The Runaways'', for directing music videos for performers includi ...

(born 1965), fashion, installations, video *

Grazia Toderi Grazia Toderi is an Italian artist working primarily in the medium of video art. Born in Padua, and trained in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Toderi began working in the medium of media and video art in the 1990s. Currently work ...

(born 1963), video artist and photographer *

Wanda Wulz Wanda Wulz (Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire 25 July 1903 – Trieste, Italy, 16 April 1984) was an Italian experimental photographer. Wulz was born on 25 July 1903 in Trieste, Italy. Both her grandfather Giuseppe Wulz and her father Carlo Wulz w ...

(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 N ...

(born 1957)

Japan

Kenya

Mimi Cherono Ng'ok Mimi Cherono Ng'ok (born 1983) is a Kenyan photographer, living in Nairobi. Her "photographs are a visual diary of the experiences and emotions emerging from her itinerant life". Ng'ok's work has been shown at the Hayward Gallery, Berlin Biennale, ...

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 Deborah De Robertis (born 12 February 1984) is a performance artist and photographer from Luxembourg. She studied at the in Belgium and as of May 2020 was living in Brussels. Biography De Robertis was born in Luxembourg on 12 February 1984. W ...

(born 1984), performance artist and photographer *

Marianne Majerus Marianne Majerus, born 1956 in Clervaux, Luxembourg, is one of Europe's leading specialist garden photographers. Biography After secondary education in Luxembourg, Majerus took a degree in English at the University of Essex and a degree in Econo ...

(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 Lalla A. Essaydi ( ar, للا السيدي; born 1956) is a Moroccan photographer known for her staged photographs of Arab women in contemporary art. She currently works in Boston, Massachusetts, and Morocco. Her current residence is in New York ...

(born 1956) * Leila Ghandi (born 1980)

Namibia

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

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Bani Abidi Bani Abidi (born 1971) is a Pakistani artist working with video, photography and drawing. She studied visual arts at the National College of Arts in Lahore and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2011, she was invited for the DAA ...

(born 1971), fine art photographer and video artist *

Saadia Sehar Haidari Saadia Sehar Haidari (born in Lahore, Pakistan 16 Feb 1971) is a journalist in Pakistan. She is a photojournalist and video journalist. Saadia Sehar Haidari's grandfather, Muhammed Buksh Bhatti was also a photographer of subcontinent and the own ...

(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 Karimeh Abbud or Karimeh Abboud (18 November 1893 – 27 April 1940; ar, كريمة عبّود), was a Palestinian professional photographer and artist who lived and worked in Palestine in the first half of the twentieth century. She was one of ...

(1896–1955), professional photographer in

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

in the 1930s, also producing postcards *

Sama Raena Alshaibi Sama Raena Alshaibi also known as Sama Alshaibi ( ar, سما الشيبي born 1973 in Basra, Iraq) is a conceptual artist (video art, performative photography, sculpture and installation), who deals with spaces of conflict as her primary subjec ...

(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, Memph ...

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

Ahlam Shibli Ahlam Shibli ( ar, أحلام شبلي, born 1970) is a Palestinian photographer from Israel. Her work explores themes of home and belonging and documents the life of Arabs in villages unrecognized by Israel in the Negev and northern Galilee reg ...

(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 Helga Kohl is a photographer born in Poland and based in Namibia whose work explores abandoned diamond mine towns in Namibia. Her main series of buildings in Kolmanskop show how the Namib desert's sands have reclaimed abandoned buildings. She is ...

(born 1943), Polish photographer based in Namibia *

Margaret Michaelis-Sachs Margaret (Margarethe) Michaelis-Sachs (née Gross, 1902 – 1985) was an Austrian-Australian photographer of Polish-Jewish origin. In addition to her many portraits, her scenes of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona and other places and her imag ...

(1902–1985), Austrian-Australian photographer of Polish-Jewish origin, portraits, architecture of Barcelona, Jewish quarter in Cracow *

Nata Piaskowski Nata Piaskowski (1912–2004) was a Polish-American photographer. Known for her fine composition, she took portraits and landscapes as well as series on the San Francisco Psychedelia, psychedelic scene and the changing Tidal force, effects of the ti ...

(1912–2004), Polish-born American photographer, portraits and landscapes, based in San Francisco *

Zofia Rydet Zofia Rydet (May 5, 1911 – August 24, 1997) was a Polish photographer, best known for her project "Sociological Record", which aimed to document every household in Poland. She began working on "Sociological Record" in 1978 at the age of 67, and ...

(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 Ana Maria Guerreiro Dias (born 15 January 1974) is a Portuguese long-distance and marathon runner. She is a four-time Olympian, and a multiple-time national record holder for the long-distance running (5000 metres, 10,000 metres, half-marathon, ...

(born 1984), photographer of erotic femininity *

Mónica de Miranda Mónica de Miranda (born Porto, 1976) is a Portuguese visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, and researcher of Angolan ancestry who works on postcolonial issues of geography, history, and subjectivity mostly related to Africa and its diaspora. ...

(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 Marta D. Rădulescu (April 24, 1912 – September 5, 1959) was a Romanian poet, journalist, and novelist, made famous in the 1930s for her autofictional work. From an academic family with a penchant for radical politics, she veered into fascist po ...

(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 Evgenia Arbugaeva (born 1985) is a photographer of the Russian Arctic. Having grown up in Yakutsk, she has an empathy with the people living in the far north and the difficult living conditions they experience, and several of her photographic p ...

(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 Tatyana Sergeevna Danilyants ( rus, Татья́на Серге́евна Данилья́нц, p=tɐˈtʲjanə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə dənʲɪˈlʲjants, a=Tatyana Sergyeyevna Danil'yancz.ru.vorb.oga; born 1971) is a Russians, Russian film directo ...

(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 Ida Kar (8 April 1908 – 24 December 1974) was a photographer active mainly in London after 1945. She took many black-and-white portraits of artists and writers. Her solo show of photographs at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1960 was the first of ...

(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 Diana Markosian (born 1989) is an American artist of Armenian descent working as a documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker. Markosian is known for her photo essays, including ''Inventing My Father,'' (2013-2014) about her relationship ...

(born 1989), documentary photographer who has photographed the north Caucasus and central Asia *

Elena Mrozovskaya Elena Lukinichna Mrozovskaya or Helène de Mrosovsky (; russian: Елена Лукинична Мрозовская Княжевич; before 1892–1941) was a Russian Empire and Soviet professional photographer of Montenegrin descent... Life ...

(before 1892 – 1941), early Russian professional photographer * Irina Popova (born 1986), Russian / Dutch documentary photographer *

Galina Sanko Galina Sanko (russian: Галина Захаровна Санько and also Galina Sankova or Galina Sankowa) (1904–1981) was a Sovietn photographer who worked as a photojournalist and was one of only five women who served as a war photographe ...

(1904–1981), photojournalist and war photographer *

Yulia Spiridonova Yulia Spiridonova (Russian: Юлия Дмитриевна Спиридонова; born 1986 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian photographer and contemporary artist. Calvert Journal included her in the list of ten rising stars at the Moscow Bienn ...

(born 1986), photographer and contemporary artist *

Danila Tkachenko Danila Tkachenko (born 1989) is a Russian visual artist working in the field of documentary photography. Tkachenko won a World Press Photo first prize for his series ''Escape.'' Another series, ''Restricted areas,'' won the European Publishers A ...

(born 1989), visual artist and documentary photographer *

Sophia Tolstaya Countess Sophia Andreyevna Tolstaya (née Behrs; russian: Со́фья Андре́евна Толста́я, sometimes anglicised as ''Sophia Tolstoy''; 22 August 1844 – 4 November 1919), was a Russian diarist, and the wife of Russian writer ...

(1844–1919), diarist and photographer * Natalia Turine (born 1964), German-born Russian photographer and journalist based in France

Singapore

Marjorie Doggett Marjorie Doggett (''née'' Millest, 21 January 1921 – 15 August 2010) was a Singaporean animal welfare advocate, architectural photographer, and heritage conservationist. She was a founding member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t ...

(1921–2010),

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

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 Jodi Bieber (born 1966) is a South African photographer. Her photograph of Bibi Aisha, a woman from Afghanistan whose ears and nose were severed by her husband and brother-in-law, was selected as the World Press Photo of the Year in 2010. Early ...

(born 1966), known for taking the photograph of

Bibi Aisha Bibi Aisha ( ps, بي بي عایشه; ''Bibi'' is a term of respect meaning "Lady"; born Aisha Mohammadzai, legal name in the United States: Aesha Mohammadzai) is an Afghan woman who fled from an abusive marriage she was forced into as a teenage ...

, 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 Vera Elkan (1908–2008) was a South African photographer who is remembered for her images of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Biography Of mixed South African and German parentage, Elkan trained as a photographer in Berlin ...

(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 Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982) is a South African artist who has become famous for her sculptures, videos and photographs that focus on human female body and identity by using natural, organic materials. Life Nandipha Mntambo was born in Swazi ...

(born 1982), visual artist and photographer *

Ruth Seopedi Motau Ruth Seopedi Motau (born 1968) is a South African photographer currently living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa. Motau was the first black female photographer who was employed by a South African newspaper as photo editor. Her photograp ...

(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 Neo Ntsoma (born 27 December 1972) is a South African photographer known for her photojournalism, portraiture, music and popular culture photography. Born in Vryburg and brought up in the rural areas of Mafikeng in the North West Province, he ...

(born 1972), known for being the first woman recipient of the

Mohamed Amin Mohamed Amin (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist. Amin's filming of Michael Buerk's report of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave t ...

Award, the CNN African Journalist of the Year Prize Photography * Jo Ractliffe (born 1961), photographer and teacher *

Lesley Rochat Lesley Rochat is a South African marine and shark conservationist, campaigner, wildlife filmmaker, underwater photographer, environmental writer, author, speaker and activist. She founded the non-profit organisation AfriOceans Conservation All ...

(fl 2000s), conservationist and underwater photographer *

Colla Swart Colla Swart (born 1930) is a South African photographer. She started professional photography in 1982, and has photographed nature and people in and around her birth town of Kamieskroon. Colla and her Canadian photographer friend Freeman Patterson ...

(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 Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko (born 19 August 1977) is a South African photographer most noted for her depiction of black identity, urbanisation and fashion in post-apartheid South Africa. Life and work Veleko was born on (19 August 1977 in Bodi ...

(born 1977), depicts black identity *

Gisèle Wulfsohn Gisèle Wulfsohn (18 March 1957 – 27 December 2011) was a South African photographer. Wulfsohn was a newspaper, magazine, and freelance photographer specialising on portrait, education, health and gender issues. She was known for documenting v ...

(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 Bae Doona (; born October 11, 1979; also credited as Doona Bae), is a South Korean actress and photographer. She became known outside Korea for her roles as a political activist in Park Chan-wook's ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002), archer ...

(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 Jungjin Lee (born 1961) is a Korean photographer and artist who currently lives and works in New York City. Background Jungjin Lee was born in Korea in 1961. She studied calligraphy in childhood and majored in ceramics at Hongik University, g ...

(born 1961), photographer and artist based in New York *

Nikki S. Lee Nikki Seung-hee Lee (이승희, born 1970) is a South Korea-born visual artist, living in New York City and Seoul, that works with photography and film. Early life and education Lee was born in Geochang, South Korea. During her childhood, Lee ...

(born 1970), self-portraits posing in various ethnic and social groups such as punks, hip-hop musicians, male partners *

Soi Park Soi Park is a Korean artist working in the photographic medium. Education Park earned her B.A. in Visual Communication Design from Ewha Womans University. After several years of working as a junior art director at an advertising agency in Seoul, ...

(fl 2010s), fine art photographer

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Hélène Binet Hélène Binet (born 1959) is a Swiss-French architectural photographer based in London, who is also one of the leading architectural photographers in the world. She is most known for her work with architects Daniel Libeskind, Peter Zumthor an ...

(born 1959), first photographed in the

Grand Théâtre de Genève Grand Théâtre de Genève is an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland. As with many other opera houses, the Grand Théâtre de Genève is both a venue and an institution. The venue is a majestic building, towering over Place Neuve, official ...

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 Claudia Christen (born 1973 in Bern, Switzerland) is a multi-disciplinary designer with roots in photography, best known for her design of the New York City taxi logo. She is the senior communication designer and photographer at Smart Design. In ...

(born 1973), multi-disciplinary designer and photographer * Laurence Deonna (born 1937), journalist, writer and photographer * Alwina Gossauer (1841–1926), early professional photographer *

Henriette Grindat Henriette Grindat (1923–1986) was a Swiss photographer. She was a major female contributor to artistic photography, taking a Surrealist approach inspired by the literary trends of the post-war years. Biography Born in Biel, Grindat suffered fro ...

(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 l ...

trends of the times *

Beatrice Helg Beatrice Helg (born 1956) is a Swiss people, Swiss photographer. Biography Béatrice Helg was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1956. Firstly, she studied cello at the Geneva Music Conservatory. After that she studied photography at the Califor ...

(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 t ...

(1903–1997), travel photography *

Franziska Möllinger Louise Franziska Möllinger (1817–1880) was a pioneering German-born Swiss photographer who worked with daguerreotypes in the early 1840s. She is thought to be the first female photographer who was active in Switzerland. Möllinger was also the ...

(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 t ...

(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 trips to Egypt, meticulously recording his f ...

(1852–1930), painter, illustrator and photographer of Egyptian archaeological finds * Leta Peer (1964–2012), painter and fine art photographer *

Julieta Schildknecht Julieta Schildknecht (born April 7, 1960, in São Paulo) is a Swiss-Brazilian photographer and journalist. Biography Schildknecht grew up in São Paulo. She completed a law degree at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( ...

(born 1960), Swiss-Brazilian photographer and journalist *

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

(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 Eva Sulzer (born 1902 Winterthur, Switzerland – died 1990 in Mexico City) was a photographer, musician, collector, and filmmaker who is most renowned for her photographs of pre-Columbian sights through Central and North America, including Canada ...

(1909–1990), photographer, musician, collector and filmmaker

Turkey

Eylül Aslan Eylül Aslan is a photography artist and a Turkish feminist that is known for her gender-defying photography. Early life Aslan was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. She studied French language and literature at Istanbul University and ev ...

(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 Yıldız Moran (; 24 July 1932 – 15 April 1995) was a Turkish photographer who was active from 1950 to 1962. Her work has posthumously been shown in solo exhibitions at Pera Museum and at İstanbul Modern in Istanbul, and is held in the collecti ...

(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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Carolyn Cole Carolyn Cole (born April 24, 1961) is a staff photographer for the'' Los Angeles Times''. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2004 for her coverage of the siege of Monrovia in 2003, the capital of Liberia. Education Cole gradu ...

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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 ...