List of French women photographers

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

A

• Leila Alaoui (1982–2016), French-Moroccan commercial photographer and video artist

B

• Martine Barrat (date of birth unknown), based in New York, has photographed the black inhabitants of Harlem since the early 1980s
• Claude Batho (1935–1981), remembered for the detailed images of her home and for her series on Claude Monet's garden at Giverny
• Valérie Belin (born 1964), whose photographs have played with the distinction between illusion and reality
• Denise Bellon (1902–1999), associated with the Surrealist movement
• Marie-Lydie Cabanis Bonfils (1837–1918), photographer active in the Middle East and co-founder of Maison Bonfils photography studio in Beirut
• Marguerite Bornhauser (born 1989), visual artist and photographer
• Alexandra Boulat (1962–2007), photojournalist and co-founder of the VII Photo Agency
• Adeline Boutain (1862–1946), photographer, postcard publisher

C

• Claude Cahun (1894–1954), photographer and artist, remembered for her self-portraits (1927–1947)
• Sophie Calle (born 1953), writer, photographer and installation artist, also photography professor
• Georgette Chadourne (1899–1983), surrealist photographer
• Vivienne Chandler (1947–2013), actress and professional photographer
• Yvonne Chevalier (1899–1982), magazine photographer

D

• Dominique Darbois (1925–2014), photojournalist who has concentrated on the victims of European colonialism
• Sophie Delaporte (born 1971), fashion photographer
• Françoise Demulder (1947–2008), war photographer
• Stéphanie Di Giusto (active since 2004), film director, photographer, art director
• Delphine Diallo (born 1977), French-Senegalese art photographer
• Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri (–1878), early photographer, wife of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
• Suzanne Doppelt (born 1956), writer, photographer and educator
• Claudine Doury (born 1959), photojournalist

F

• Flore (born 1963), French-Spanish artistic photographer
• Gisèle Freund (1908–2000), German-born, known for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists

G

• Gaëlle Ghesquière (born 1972), photographer, writer, journalist, portraits of pop artists
• Laure Mathilde Gouin (1829-1916), painter and photographer, colourist for photographers Alexis Gouin and Bruno Braquehais, from 1874 worked independently under the name of Mme. M. Gouin.
• Laure Albin Guillot (1879–1962), portraits of Paris celebrities, wide variety of other genres, several high-ranking administrative positions

H

• Genevieve Hafner (fl 2003), street photographer based in New York
• Florence Henri (1893–1982), surrealist
• Françoise Huguier (born 1942), travel photographer

I

• Irina Ionesco (born 1930), erotic images of lavishly dressed women posing provocatively
• Dominique Issermann (born 1947), portrait and fashion photographer

J

• Valérie Jouve (born 1964), photographer, filmmaker

K

• Germaine Krull (1897–1985), photographically-illustrated books, photojournalism
• Bénédicte Kurzen (born 1980), photographer and photojournalist based in Nigeria
• Anouk Masson Krantz, photographer, living in the United States

L

• Brigitte Lacombe (born 1950), photographer of film sets
• Louise Laffon (1828–1885), early photographer with a studio in Paris from 1859
• Suzanne Lafont (born 1949), art photographer
• Céline Laguarde (1873-1961) Pictorialist photographer
• Camille Lepage (1988–2014), photojournalist
• Catherine Leroy (1945–2006), photojournalist, particularly known for her photography of the Vietnam war
• Natacha Lesueur (born 1971), photographer and plasticist
• Ariane Lopez-Huici (born 1945), art photographer

M

• Benedicte Van der Maar (born 1968), art photography, human photography
• Dora Maar (1907–1997), both a commercial and a street photographer in the 1920s and 30s
• Mayotte Magnus (born 1934), French-born photographer based in England
• Dolorès Marat (born 1944), art photography
• Alix Marie (born 1989), artist working with photography and sculpture
• Isabelle Massieu (1844–1932), travel writer and photographer
• Sarah Moon (born 1941), fashion photographer, now concentrating on gallery work

N

• Anaïs Napoleón (1827–1912), pioneering French-Spanish photographer
• Janine Niépce (1921–2007), prolific photojournalist
• Françoise Nuñez (1957–2021), travel photographer

P

• Sabine Pigalle (born 1963), travel photographer
• Kate Polin (born 1967), art photographer

R

• Ann Ray (born 1969), artist and photographer
• Bettina Rheims (born 1952), strip-tease artists and acrobats, stuffed animals
• Sophie Ristelhueber (born 1949), who has photographed the effects of war on landscape
• Emmanuelle Riva (1927–2017), primarily an actor but also a noted and published photographer

S

• Lise Sarfati (born 1958), images of listless young people in Russia and the United States
• Christine Spengler (born 1945), photojournalist who has concentrated on the victims of war

T

• Yvette Troispoux (1914–2007), remembered for photographing people at social events

V

• Agnès Varda (1928–2019), film director and photographer, documentary realism, feminist issues
• Jenny de Vasson (1872–1920), highly productive early female photographer
• Madame Vaudé-Green (1822-1902), nineteenth century French photographer of religious art
• Véronique de Viguerie (born 1978), photojournalist, particularly known for her photography of the most recent Afghan war

See also

• List of women photographers
• List of French photographers