List of French women photographers

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

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  • Claude Cahun (1894–1954), photographer and artist, remembered for her self-portraits (1927–47)
  • Sophie Calle (born 1953), writer, photographer and installation artist, also photography professor

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  • Gisèle Freund (1908–2000), German-born, known for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists

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  • Gaëlle Ghesquière (born 1972), photographer, writer, journalist, portraits of pop artists
  • Laure Albin Guillot (1879–1962), portraits of Paris celebrities, wide variety of other genres, several high-ranking administrative positions

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  • Irina Ionesco (born 1930), erotic images of lavishly dressed women posing provocatively

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  • Germaine Krull (1897–1985), photographically-illustrated books, photojournalism

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  • Benedicte Van der Maar (born 1968), art photography, human photography
  • Dora Maar (1907–1997), both a commercial and a street photographer in the 1920s and 30s
  • Sarah Moon (born 1941), fashion photographer, now concentrating on gallery work

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  • Bettina Rheims (born 1952), strip-tease artists and acrobats, stuffed animals, also advertising, and photography of nude women making her a best-seller
  • Sophie Ristelhueber (born 1949), who has photographed the effects of war on landscape
  • Emmanuelle Riva (1927-2017), primarily an actor but also a noted and published photographer

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  • Lise Sarfati (born 1958), images of listless young people in Russia and the United States
  • Stéphane Sednaoui (born 1963), reportages, portraits, fashion
  • Christine Spengler (born 1945), photojournalist who has concentrated on the victims of war
  • Laetitia Soulier (born 1978), French-American multimedia artist and photographer

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  • Yvette Troispoux (1914–2007), remembered for photographing people at social events

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  • Agnès Varda (1928-2019), film director and photographer, documentary realism, feminist issues
  • Véronique de Viguerie (born 1978), photojournalist, particularly known for her photography of the most recent Afghan war

See also

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