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.

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 HeraldTrent Parke and Narelle Autio, The Seventh Wave, Kirribilli, NSW: Hot Chilli Press, 2000; Michael Fitzgerald, Narelle Autio and Trent Parke: 'To the sea', Photofile, No. 93, spring / Summer 2013: 56-61.

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 photographerJane Burton and Ingrid Periz, Jane Burton: other stories, Balaclava, Victoria: M.33, 2011.

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 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 experiencesBrenda L. Croft, "Blak Lik Mi." Art and Australia 31, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 63-67; Brenda L. Croft, "Still in My Mind: An Exploration of Practice-Led Experimental Research in Progress." Cultural Studies Review 21, no. 1 (March 2015): 230-48; Larissa Behrendt, "Brenda Croft: Subalter/N/Ative Dreams." In Subalter/N/Ative Dreams, edited by Brenda Croft. Paddington: Stills Gallery, 2016.

D Destiny Deacon (1957–2024), Queensland photographer of indigenous cultureBrenda L. Croft and Destiny Deacon, In My Father’s House and Postcards from Mummy. Sydney: Australian Centre of Photography, 1998 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 1955), 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 Myra Felton (1835–1920), photographer and oil painter 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 subjectsMaggie Finch et al, Sue Ford 1943-2009, Melbourne, Vic.: National Gallery of Victoria, 2014.

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 Viva Gibb (1945–2017), feminist photographer

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 Adelie Hurley (1919–2010), first Australian woman press 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 raceTracey Moffatt and Gerald Matt, "An Interview with Tracey Moffatt." In Tracey Moffatt, edited by Paula Savage and Lara Strongman. Wellington: City Gallery Wellington, 2002; Tracey Moffatt and Brigitte Reinhardt, Tracey Moffatt: Laudanum, Ostfildern Germany: Hatje Cantz, 1999; Tracey Moffatt, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. 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 movementMelissa Miles, The Language of Light and Dark: Light and Place in Australian Photography, Sydney: Power Publications, 2015, pp. 66-70. Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), fine-art photographer Ruby Spowart (1928–2024), 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), photographerAnne Zahalka, Hall of mirrors: Anne Zahalka, portraits 1987-2007, Fitzroy: Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2007.

List of Australian women photographers

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