# List of Canadian women photographers

This is a list of women photographers who were born in Canada or whose works are closely associated with that country.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Arwa Abouon (1982–2020), Libyan-Canadian photographer focused on Islamic culture
* Shelagh Alexander (1959–2017), photographic artist
* Vikky Alexander (born 1959), installation artist and photographer, often producing large murals
* Lillian B. Allen (1904–1994), painter, teacher and nature photographer
* Jennifer Alleyn (born 1969), filmmaker, writer and photographer
* Evelyn Andrus (1909–1972), photographer
* Sara Angelucci (born 1962), photography, video art
* Raymonde April (born 1953), photographer and academic, awarded the Order of Canada for her contribution to photography
* Joi Arcand (born 1982), nehiyaw photo-based artist
* Barbara Astman (born 1950), hybrid photography and new media
* Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972), photographer and musician

## B

* Marian Penner Bancroft (born 1947), artist, photographer and educator
* Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870–1942), see United States
* Claire Beaugrand Champagne (born 1948), documentary photographer
* Sylvie Bélanger (1951–2020), video, photography, installation
* Dorothy Benson (1901–1996), wildlife photographer
* Edith Hallett Bethune (1890–1970), pictorialist photographer
* Lori Blondeau (born 1964), Cree/Saulteaux/Métis artist whose work includes performance art, installation and photography
* Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), landscape and plant photography
* Roberta Bondar (born 1945), landscape photographer, Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space
* Diane Borsato (born 1973), visual artist, explore pedagogy practices through performance, intervention, video, installation, and photography
* Dianne Bos (born 1956), photographer
* Tess Boudreau (1919–2007), documentary photography and artists' portrait photographs
* Kristy Boyce (born 1982), photographer, interdisciplinary artist
* Deanna Bowen (born 1969), interdisciplinary artist
* Fiona Bowie, installation artist, uses film, video, photography and sculpture
* Amber Bracken (born 1984), photojournalist reporting on indigenous peoples
* Reva Brooks (1913–2004), photographed in Mexico, works in MoMA's The Family of Man exhibition
* Karin Bubaš (born 1976), contemporary artist, uses photography, drawing and painting
* Kay Burns, multidisciplinary artist

## C

* Geneviève Cadieux (born 1955), women's facial expressions
* Chrystal Callahan (fl 2000s), visual artist, photographer and fashion model
* Tenille Campbell (fl 2010s), indigenous writer, poet and photographer
* Blossom Caron (1905–1999), still life
* Jacynthe Carrier (born 1982), visual artist, photography, video and performance
* Rosetta Ernestine Carr (1845–1907), portrait and landscape photography
* Cynthia Chalk (1913–2018), nature photography
* June Clark (born 1941), photography, sculpture and collage
* Dana Claxton (born 1959), Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer and performance artist
* Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), see United States
* Petra Collins (born 1992), portrait and fashion photography
* Sorel Cohen (born 1936), portraiture, feminist
* Stéphanie Colvey (born 1949), documentary photography
* Erin Combs (born c. 1952), early woman photojournalist
* Henrietta Constantine (1857–1934), landscape photographer
* Marlene Creates (born 1952), visual artist
* Caitlin Cronenberg (born 1984), photographer and filmmaker
* Jill Culiner (born 1945), folk artist, photographer and writer

## D

* Nathalie Daoust (born 1977), images taken in hotel rooms, a Tokyo love hotel, Berlin interiors
* Nancy Davenport (born 1965), visual artist and photographer
* Moyra Davey (born 1958), artist whose work includes photography, video and writing
* Sally Davies (born 1956), painter and photographer
* Clara Dennis (1881–1958), images of early 20th century Nova Scotia and Mi'kmaq people
* Susan Dobson (born 1965), photographer, focuses on themes of urban landscape and suburban culture
* Julie Doiron (born 1972)
* Marie-Alice Dumont (1892–1985), portrait and landscape photography
* Carol Dunlop (1946–1982), writer, translator, activist and photographer
* Chantal duPont (1942–2019), multidisciplinary artist

## E

* Jessica Eaton (born 1977), minimalist and geometric photographs relying on in-camera effects
* Julie Enfield (fl 2000s), portrait photographer and writer
* Janieta Eyre (born 1971), British-born Canadian art photographer

## F

* Rosalie Favell (born 1958), artist working with photography and digital collage

## G

* Madame Gagné (active 1886–1891)
* Millie Gamble (1887–1986), early amateur photographer from Prince Edward Island, images of life in the Tyron area from 1905
* Lorraine Gilbert (born 1955), French-born Canadian landscape artist and photographer
* Henrietta Gilmour (1852–1926), pioneering woman photographer
* Angela Grauerholz (born 1952), German-born photographer, graphic designer and educator
* Jill Greenberg (born 1967), Canadian-born portrait photographer and pop artist
* Michelle Groskopf (fl 2017), street photographer
* Aline Gubbay (1920–2005), photographer, art historian and writer
* Mattie Gunterman (1872–1945), amateur photographer
* Clara Gutsche (born 1949), American-Canadian photographer, educator and art critic

## H

* Samra Habib (fl 2014), Pakistani-Canadian photographer, writer and activist
* Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), writer, poet, visual artist and photographer
* Naomi Harris (born 1973), portraits of people from sub-cultures
* Kiana Hayeri (born 1988), photojournalist
* Isabelle Hayeur (born 1969), visual artist working with photographs and experimental film
* Heidi Hollinger (born 1968), political photographer
* Elsie Holloway (1882–1971), photographer, known for her portraits and historic photos of Newfoundland people and its surroundings
* April Hickox (born 1955), lens based artist, founding director of Gallery 44 Centre For Contemporary Photography

## J

* Valerie Jodoin Keaton (fl 2009), rock star photographer and musician
* Joanne Jackson Johnson (born 1943), photographer

## K

* Ruth Kaplan (born 1955), artist and documentary photographer
* Zahra Kazemi (1948–2003)
* Minna Keene (1849–1943), German-Canadian pictorial portrait photographer
* Violet Keene (1893–1987), English-born Canadian photographer of artists and statesmen
* Holly King (born 1957), artist creating photographs of constructed landscapes
* Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
* Nadya Kwandibens, First Nations photographer

## L

* Donna Laframboise (fl 1990s), photographer and journalist
* Gisèle Lamoureux (1942–2018), photographer, botanist and ecologist
* Rita Leistner (fl 2000s), photojournalist and filmmaker
* Laura Letinsky (born 1962), contemporary photography, best known for her still lifes
* Élise L'Heureux (1827–1896), 19th century Quebec City photographer
* Elaine Ling (1946–2016), photographer
* Judith Lodge (born 1941), American Canadian painter and photographer

## M

* Margaret Malandruccolo (fl 2000s), photographer and music video director
* Lesia Maruschak (born 1961), known for her Project Maria
* Mia Matthes (1920–2010), architecture and landscape photographer
* Edith Maybin (born 1969), photographer
* Hannah Maynard (1834–1918), portrait and experimental photographer
* Jo-Anne McArthur (born 1976), photojournalist and animal rights activist
* Helen McCall (1899–1956)
* Susan McEachern (born 1951), American-Canadian photographer, work often includes text
* Sheila McKinnon, Canadian born photographer and journalist
* Meryl McMaster (born 1988), photographer whose best known work explores her Indigenous heritage
* Jean Gainfort Merrill (born 1913), photojournalist
* Léna Mill-Reuillard (fl 2016), cinematographer and photographer
* Lorraine Monk (1922–2020), photographer, helped establish the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Order of Canada for contributions to photography
* Geraldine Moodie (1854–1945), pioneering photographer, images include the Innu people around Hudson Bay
* Julie Moos (born 1966), art photography
* Alexandra Morrison, photographer
* Marie-Jeanne Musiol (born 1950), Swiss-Canadian photographer
* Nadia Myre (born 1974), contemporary visual artist

## N

* Shelley Niro (born 1954), Mohawk multidisciplinary artist
* Farah Nosh (active since 2002), Iraqi-Canadian photojournalist

## P

* Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (born 1983), Indian-Canadian-British feminist director and fashion photographer
* Thelma Pepper (1920–2020)
* Nancy Petry (born 1931), known for innovation within the fields of painting, photography, film and performance art
* Jenny Pike (1922–2004), developed D-Day photos during WWII, later worked as darkroom technician for Canadian police

## R

* Nina Raginsky (born 1941), worked freelance for the National Film Board of Canada, best known for frontal, full-figure portraits=
* Sylvie Readman (born 1958), photographer exhibited in the National Gallery
* Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), professional photographer in Edmonton
* Dominique Rey (born 1976), photographer
* Charlotte Rosshandler (born 1943), Canadian-American photographer
* Alix Cléo Roubaud (1952–1983), photographer

## S

* June Sauer (born 1920s), Montreal fashion photographer specializing in fur
* Faye Schulman (1919–2015), Jewish partisan photographer
* Sandra Semchuk (born 1948), photographer
* Erin Shirreff (born 1975), multidisciplinary artist, primarily works with photography, sculpture and video
* Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist and photographer
* Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
* Clara Sipprell (1885–1975), early 20th century landscape photographer, also known for her portraits of famous actors, artists, writers and scientists
* Lana Šlezić (fl 2000s), photographer and filmmaker
* Mary Spencer (1857–1938), photographer, photojournalist and artist
* Barbara Spohr (1955–1987), photographed Alberta city scenes and people
* Elaine Stocki (born 1979), educator known for her paintings and photographs

## T

* Althea Thauberger (born 1970), visual artist
* Pascale Thérien (born 1976), Montreal-based female fashion photographer and founder of La Luz Portraits

## V

* Adriene K. Veninger (born 1958), artist and photographer

## W

* Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), remembered for her contributions to advertising photography
* Edith Watson (1861–1943), known for her photojournalistic images of everyday life, working people, and women, particularly in Canada
* Sally Elizabeth Wood (1857–1928), early woman photographer in Quebec's Eastern Townships

## Y

* Jin-me Yoon (born 1960), South Korean-born multidisciplinary artist, who often works with photography, video and elements of performance