# List of French photographers

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

## A

* Carole Achache (1952–2016)
* Olympe Aguado (1827–1894)
* Jacques Alexandre (born 1944)
* Georges-Louis Arlaud (1869–1944)
* Hippolyte Arnoux
* Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 1946)
* Eugène Atget (1857–1927)
* Alan Aubry (born 1974)

## B

* Edouard Baldus (1813–1889)
* Bruno Barbey (1941–2020)
* Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007)
* Hippolyte Bayard (1807–1887)
* Alfred Beau (1829–1907)
* Christophe Beauregard (born 1966)
* Laurent Benaïm (born 1965)
* Gilles Bensimon (born 1944)
* Pierre Berdoy (born 1936)
* Laurent Biancani (1933-2003)
* Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1826–1900)
* Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (1802–1872)
* Félix Bonfils (1831–1885)
* Edouard Boubat (1923–1999)
* Alexandra Boulat (1962–2007), photographer
* Jacques Bourboulon (born 1946)
* Mohamed Bourouissa (born 1978)
* Jean-Christian Bourcart (born 1960)
* Guy Bourdin (1928–1991)
* Adeline Boutain (1862–1946), photographer, postcard publisher
* Bruno Braquehais (1823–1875)
* Brassaï (1899–1984), Hungarian-born French photographer
* Adolphe Braun (1812–1877)
* Serge Brunier (born 1958)
* Jean-Marc Bustamante (born 1952)

## C

* Bernard Cahier (1927–2008)
* Claude Cahun (1894–1954)
* Sophie Calle (born 1953), photographer and other media
* Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
* Jean Chamoux (1925–2007)
* Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (1921–2004)
* Désiré Charnay (1828–1915)
* Germaine Chaumel (1895–1982)
* Clark and Pougnaud, art duo composed of photographer and painter
* Antoine Claudet (1797–1867)
* Paul de Cordon (1908–1998)

## D

* Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787–1851)
* Luc Delahaye (born 1962)
* Édouard Delessert (1828–1898), painter, archaeologist and photographer
* Patrick Demarchelier (1943–2022)
* Thomas Devaux (born 1980)
* André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889)
* Louis-Camille d'Olivier (1827–1873)
* Robert Doisneau (1912–1994), photographer
* Pierre Dubreuil (1872–1944), photographer
* Maxime Du Camp (1822–1894)
* Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron (1837–1920)
* Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu (1800–1874)
* Raymond Depardon (Born 1942)

## E

* Philippe Echaroux (born 1983)
* Wilfrid Esteve (born 1968)

## F

* Antoine Fauchery (1823–1861)
* Bernard Faucon (born 1950)
* Flore (born 1963), French-Spanish photographer and daughter of the painter Olga Gimeno
* Hércules Florence (1804–1879)
* Fernand Fonssagrives (1910–2003)
* Vincent Fournier (born 1970), Burkina Faso-born Paris-based photographer
* Auguste François (1857–1935)
* Charles Fréger (born 1975), portrait photographer
* Jean-Baptiste Frénet (1814–1889)

## G

* Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931)
* Léon Gimpel (1873–1948)
* Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804–1892)
* André Giroux (1801–1879)
* Jean-Pierre Gilson (born 1948)
* Jean-Paul Goude (born 1938), French graphic designer, illustrator, photographer
* Vincent Goutal (born 1971)
* Yohann Gozard (born 1977)
* Olivier Grunewald (born 1959)
* Emile Gsell (1838–1879)

## H

* Lucien Hervé (1910–2007), Hungarian-born French photographer
* Henri Huet (1927–1971)

## I

* Dominique Issermann (born 1947)
* Jules Itier (1802–1877)

## J

* Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (1798–1865)
* Jean-François Jonvelle (born 1943)
* Valérie Jouve (born 1964), photographer, filmmaker

## L

* Eric Lafforgue (born 1964)
* Suzanne Lafont (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
* Frédéric Lagrange
* John Launois (1928–2002), photojournalist
* Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986)
* Louis Legrand
* Gustave Le Gray (1820–1884)
* Henri Le Secq (1818–1882)
* Ange Leccia (born 1952), photographer, filmmaker
* Jean-François Lepage (born 1960), photographer
* Auguste and Louis Lumière
* Serge Lutens (born 1942)

## M

* Dolorès Marat (born 1944)
* Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904)
* Charles Marville (1816–1879)
* Pascal Meunier (born 1966)
* Jean-Baptiste Mondino (born 1949)
* Bruno de Monès (born 1952)
* Sarah Moon (born 1941)
* Vincent Munier (born 1976
* René Maltête (Born 1930)

## N

* Nadar (1820–1910)
* Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), inventor of photography

## O

* Dani Olivier (born 1969)
* André Ostier (1906–1994)

## P

* Gilles Peress (born 1946)
* Pierre et Gilles, photography duo
* Jean Philippe Piter (born 1968)
* Bernard Plossu (born 1945)
* Michel Poivert (born 1965), photography historian, president of Société française de photographie
* Kate Polin (born 1967)
* Herman Puig (1928–2021), Cuban-born photographer and filmmaker
* Constant Puyo (1857–1933)

## R

* Réhahn (born 1979)
* Gérard Rancinan (born 1953)
* Henri-Victor Regnault (1810–1878)
* Bettina Rheims (born 1952), photographer
* Marc Riboud (1923–2016), photographer
* Olivier Roller (born 1972)
* Dominique Roman (1824–1911)
* Willy Ronis (1910–2009), photographer
* Georges Rousse (born 1947), photographer

## S

* Lise Sarfati (born 1958), photographer
* Jean-Louis Schoellkopf (born 1946), photographer
* Stéphane Sednaoui (born 1963)
* Jeanloup Sieff (1933–2000)
* Camille Silvy (1834–1910)
* Hedi Slimane (born 1968)
* Albert Spaggiari (1932–1989)
* Christine Spengler (born 1945)
* Alex Strohl (born 1989)

## T

* Chloé Tallot (born 1973)
* Antoine Tempé (born 1960)
* Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (1866–1951), photographer and military officer
* Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (born 1951)
* Natalia Turine (born 1964)

## V

* Pierre de Vallombreuse (born 1962)
* Benedicte Van der Maar (born 1968)
* Xavier Veilhan (born 1963), photographer, other media
* Jean-Marie Villard (1828–1899)
* Jean-Michel Voge (born 1949)
* Franck Vogel (born 1977)

## W

* Evrard Wendenbaum (born 1979)
* Albert Willecomme (1900–1971)
* Wols (1913–1951), German photographer who worked in France

## Y

* Muammer Yilmaz

## Z

* Patrick Zachmann (born 1955)