# 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

* Emily Florence Cazneau (1855–1892), mother of Harold, see List of New Zealand women photographers
* Alex Cearns, animal photography
* Sarah Chinnery (1887–1970), photographer and diarist
* Pegg Clarke (c. 1890–1959), fashion, portrait, architectural and society photographer
* Suzanna Clarke (born 1961), see List of New Zealand women photographers
* Beverley Clifford (fl. 1950s), magazine photographer and photojournalist
* Olive Cotton (1911–2003), modernist photographer working in the 1930s and 1940s in Sydney, receiving commissions from the publisher Sidney Ure Smith
* Virginia Coventry (born 1942), photographer of environmental protests
* Brenda L Croft (born 1964), First Nations artist, writer and curator drawing on familial and public archives to explore Indigenous histories and experiences

## 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

* 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

* Anne Geddes (born 1956), stylized photographs of babies published in book-form or calendars
* Juno Gemes (born 1944), Hungarian-Australian known for photography of aboriginals
* Heather George (1907–1983), commercial industrial, fashion and outback photographer and painter
* Kate Geraghty (born 1972), photojournalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, covered the 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 invasion of Iraq

## 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

## 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

* Ruth Maddison (born 1945), explores themes of relationships, communities and families
* Elsie Rosaline Masson (1890–1935), photographer, writer and traveller
* Barbara McGrady (born 1950), indigenous photographer
* Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895), writer and early photographer
* Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), see Poland
* Alice Mills (1870–1929), successful photographer in Melbourne
* Jacqueline Mitelman (born 1948), portrait photographer
* Tracey Moffatt (born 1960), explores issues of sexuality, history, representation and race
* May and Mina Moore (May 1881–1931; Mina 1882–1957), New Zealand-born portrait photographers
* Hedda Morrison (1908–1991), see Germany

## N

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

## P

* Polixeni Papapetrou (1960–2018), noted for her themed photo series about people's identities
* Lillian Louisa Pitts (1872–1947), music teacher and professional photographer

## 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 (born 1928), photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s
* Robyn Stacey (born 1952), camera obscura photographs, evocative still life using historical collections

## Z

* Anne Zahalka (born 1957), photographer