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List of Danish women photographers

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

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  • Jette Bang (1914–1964), large collection of photographs of Greenland depicting the lifestyle of the Greenlandic Inuit
  • Mari Bastashevski (born 1980), Russian-born Danish photographer, writer, and artist
  • Sisse Brimberg (born 1948), staff photographer for National Geographic completing some 30 stories, now living in Scotland

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  • Helena Christensen (born 1968), fashion photographer contributing to Nylon, Marie Claire, and Elle
  • Amalie Claussen (1859–1950), artistic photographer from Skagen

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  • Frederikke Federspiel (1839–1913), one of the first female photographers to practice in Denmark, an early user of dry plates and flash powder

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  • Marianne Grøndahl (1938–2012), documentary photographer working in the theatrical environment, also in advertising and portraiture

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  • Thora Hallager (1821–1884), one of Denmark's earliest female photographers, practicing daguerrotyping from around 1850
  • Liv Hansen (born 1983), Danish portrait photographer; CEO of Tin Roof Headshots; based in London and Los Angeles
  • Bodil Hauschildt (1861–1951), early Danish photographer, studio in Ribe
  • Johanne Hesbeck (1873–1927), portrait photographer in Holte, north of Copenhagen

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  • Kirsten Klein (born 1945), landscape photographer on the island of Mors with a melancholic style achieved by using older techniques

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  • Astrid Kruse Jensen (born 1975), specializing in night photography often with very long exposure times

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  • Julie Laurberg (1856–1925), portrait and court photographer in Copenhagen

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  • Rigmor Mydtskov (1925–2010), court photographer, also worked in the theatre environment

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  • Mary Steen (1856–1939), Denmark's first female court photographer, opened a studio in 1884, encouraged women to take up photography

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  • Mary Willumsen (1884–1961), from 1916 produced postcards of women in scanty clothing, now considered an artistic contributor
  • Benedicte Wrensted (1859–1949), opened a studio in Horsens in the 1880s before emigrating to the United States, where she photographed Native Americans

    • References

    List of Danish women photographers Wikipedia
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