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
- Vikky Alexander (born 1959), installation artist and photographer, often producing large murals
- 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 (born 1951), video, photography, installation
- 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, visual artist, explore pedagogy practices through performance, intervention, video, installation, and photography
- Dianne Bos (born 1956), photographer
- Tess Boudreau (died 2007), documentary photography and artists' portrait photographs
- Deanna Bowen (born 1969), interdisciplinary artist
- Fiona Bowie, installation artist, uses film, video, photography and sculpture
- 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
- Blossom Caron (1905–1999), still life
- Rosetta Ernestine Carr (1845–1907), portrait and landscape photography
- Cynthia Chalk (1913–2018), nature photography
- June Clark (artist) (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
- Henrietta Constantine (1857–1934), landscape photographer
- Marlene Creates (born 1952), visual artist
- 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 (artist) (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
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
- Angela Grauerholz (born 1952), German-born photographer, graphic designer and educator
- Jill Greenberg (born 1967), Canadian-born portrait photographer and pop artist
- Mattie Gunterman (1872–1945), amateur photographer
- Clara Gutsche (born 1949)
H
- Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), writer, poet, visual artist and photographer
- 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
- Joanne Jackson Johnson (born 1943), photographer
K
- Ruth Kaplan (born 1955), artist and documentary photographer
- Zahra Kazemi (1948–2003), see Iran
- Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
L
- Donna Laframboise, photographer and journalist
- Laura Letinsky (born 1962), contemporary photography, best known for her still lifes
- Elise L'Heureux (1827–1896), 19th century Quebec photographer
- Elaine Ling (1946–2016), photographer
M
- Mia Matthes (1920-2010)
- 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
- Lorraine Monk (born c. 1926), 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
- 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
- Sylvie Readman (born 1958), photographer
- Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), photographer
- Nina Raginsky (born 1941), worked freelance for the National Film Board of Canada, best known for frontal, full-figure portraits
- Dominique Rey (born 1976), 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
- Mary Spencer (1857–1938)
- Barbara Spohr (1955–1987)
- Elaine Stocki (born 1979)
T
- Althea Thauberger (born 1970), visual artist
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
See also
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