List of women photographers

Women have made significant contributions to photography since its inception.

Notable participants include:

Photobooks by Carol Beckwith , Nina Berman , Marrie Bot , KayLynn Deveney, Rena Effendi , Aya Fujioka ( 藤岡亜弥 ), Cristina García Rodero , Fay Godwin , Lourdes Grobet , Mikiko Hara , Reiko Imoto ( 井本礼子 ), Kyōko Ioka ( 井岡今日子 ), Olya Ivanova (Ольга Иванова), Betsy Karel, Rinko Kawauchi , Vaida Keleras, Yōko Kishikawa ( 岸川洋子 ), Fusako Kodama , Eriko Koga ( 古賀絵里子 ), Ljalja Kuznetsova ( Ляля Кузнецова ), Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen , Helen Levitt , Markéta Luskačová , Bertien van Manen , Mary Ellen Mark , Miyuki Matsuda , Susan Meiselas , Inge Morath , Yurie Nagashima , Mika Ninagawa , Kei Orihara , Chizuru Ōta ( 太田ちづる ), Megumi Ōtsuka ( 大塚めぐみ ), Doris Quarella , Emmanuelle Riva , Inta Ruka , Toshie Saitō ( 齋藤利江 ), Rosalind Solomon , Toyoko Tokiwa
Photograph by Jane Shackleton
Princess Olga Orlova at the 1903 Ball, a hand-tinted image of Princess Olga Orlova by Elena Mrozovskaya , now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum [ 2 ]