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List of Australian women photographers

This is a list of women photographers who were born in Australia or whose works are closely associated with that country.

A

  • Bernice Agar (1885–1976), portrait, fashion and society photographer in the late 1910s until the 1930s.
  • Narelle Autio (born 1969), photojournalist working first in Europe and the USA before returning to Australia in 1998 as staff photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald

B

  • Sarah Bahbah (born 1991), photographic artist, with large Instagram following
  • Euphemia Eleanor Baker (aka Effie Baker) (1880–1968), photographer of Australian wildflowers and Bahá'í Faith
  • Polly Borland (born 1959), now living in England, known both for her portraits of famous Australians and for several series of stylized portraits
  • Pat Brassington (born 1942), Tasmanian photographer and digital artist.
  • Kate Breakey (born 1957), visual artist creating large-scale, hand-colored photographs.
  • Harriett Brims (1864–1939), pioneer commercial photographer in Queensland
  • Amelia Bunbury (1863–1958), photographer from Western Australia, works published in the Western Mail
  • Jane Burton (born 1966), Melbourne-based photographer.

C

D

  • Destiny Deacon (1957–2024), Queensland photographer of indigenous culture
  • Lillian Dean (c.1899–1980), Northern Territory photographer and local politician
  • Maggie Diaz (1925–2016), American-born photographer, noted for her 1950s Chicago Collection
  • Ada Driver (1868–1954), Australian portrait photographer who ran a studio on Queen street in Brisbane in the early twentieth century
  • Rozalind Drummond (born 1956), postmodernism photographic artist

E

  • Sandy Edwards (born 1948), documentary photographer and curator of photography, known for personal approach to documentary
  • Mireille Eid (Astore) (born 1961), Lebanese-born artist and photographer
  • Odette England (born 1975)
  • Joyce Evans (1929–2019), opened the first commercial photo gallery in Melbourne, later working herself in portraiture and landscapes, taught history of photography
  • Samantha Everton, contemporary photographic artist

F

  • Myra Felton (1835–1920), photographer and oil painter
  • Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographic artist
  • Judith Fletcher (1886–1970), portrait and fashion photographer
  • Sue Ford (1943–2009), celebrated photographer of social life, known for her personal approach to her subjects

G

H

  • Liz Ham (born 1975), Sydney-based photographer of urban life, fashion, music and politics, also known for book Punk Girls
  • C. Moore Hardy (born 1955), Sydney-based photographer, documenting the Sydney queer community since the late 1970s
  • Ponch Hawkes (born 1946), Melbourne-based photographer
  • Merris Hillard (born 1949), printmaker and photographer
  • Ruth Hollick (1883–1977), Melbourne-based portrait and fashion photographer
  • Louisa Elizabeth How (1821–1893), early woman photographer
  • Adelie Hurley (1919–2010), first Australian woman press photographer

J

  • Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), explored issues of sexuality, youth, identity and mortality

K

  • Bronwyn Kidd (born 1969), fashion, magazine and portrait photographer
  • Leah King-Smith, photographer and digital media artist
  • Katrin Koenning (born 1978), German-Australian photographer, photojournalist and videographer

L

  • Pamela Lofts (1949–2012), book illustrator, photographer, and artist

M

N

  • June Newton (1923–2021), photographs under the pseudonym Alice Springs

P

R

  • Jacky Redgate (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist and photographer
  • Leonie Reisberg (born 1955), photographer and lecturer in photography

S

  • Rebecca Shanahan, NSW-based artist and photographer
  • Rose Simmonds (1877–1960), British-born Queensland photographer and member of the Pictorialism movement
  • Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), fine-art photographer
  • Ruby Spowart (1928–2024), photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Robyn Stacey (born 1952), camera obscura photographs, evocative still life using historical collections

W

  • Dani Watson (born 1982), photographer and lecturer in photography

Z

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Ennis, Helen. "1970s Photographic Practice: A Homogenous View?" Photofile 4, no. 1 (Autumn 1986): 12–15.
  • Hall, Barbara and Jenni Mather. Australian Women Photographers: 1840–1960. Richmond: Greenhouse, 1986.
  • Moore, Catriona. Indecent Exposures: Twenty Years of Australian Feminist Photography. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1994.
  • Newton, Gael. “The Movement of Women.” Art and Australia 33, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 62–9.