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.

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
• 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 (1927–47)
• Sophie Calle (born 1953), writer, photographer and installation artist, also photography professor

D

• Dominique Darbois (1925-2014), photojournalist who has concentrated on the victims of European colonialism
• Françoise Demulder (1947–2008), war photographer
• Stéphanie Di Giusto (active since 2004), film director, photographer, art director
• Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri (c.1817–1878), early photographer, wife of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
• Claudine Doury (born 1959), photojournalist

F

• 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 Albin Guillot (1879–1962), portraits of Paris celebrities, wide variety of other genres, several high-ranking administrative positions

H

• Florence Henri (1893–1982), surrealist

I

• Irina Ionesco (born 1930), erotic images of lavishly dressed women posing provocatively

J

• Valérie Jouve (born 1964), photographer, filmmaker

K

• Germaine Krull (1897–1985), photographically-illustrated books, photojournalism

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)
• Ergy Landau (1896–1967), see Hungary
• Catherine Leroy (1945–2006), photojournalist, particularly known for her photography of the Vietnam war

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
• Sarah Moon (born 1941), fashion photographer, now concentrating on gallery work

N

• Janine Niépce (1921–2007), prolific photojournalist

R

• Bettina Rheims (born 1952), strip-tease artists and acrobats, stuffed animals, also advertising, and photography of nude women making her a best-seller
• 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
• Stéphane Sednaoui (born 1963), reportages, portraits, fashion
• Christine Spengler (born 1945), photojournalist who has concentrated on the victims of war
• Laetitia Soulier (born 1978), French-American multimedia artist and photographer

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
• 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