Joan Craven (5 November 1897 – 2 July 1979)[1] was an English photographer known for her portraits, artistic studies, advertising, and nudes.

"[2] Her clients included Cadbury chocolate,[15] Condor hats,[16] De Reszke cigarettes, Pond's cold cream, and Pears soap.

[3] During this period, she shared studios with Walter Bird at Kinocrat House on the Cromwell Road, London,[19] and the notorious model Pamela Green posed for her.

Her nude photographs gave her financial independence,[4] appearing in publications including Men Only, Lilliput, Figure Quarterly and Modern Man.

[6] She had homes at Heath Lodge, Redbourn, Hertfordshire[4] and Jesmond Dene, Tamerton Foliot, near Plymouth, where she died on 2 July 1979.