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List of French women photographers

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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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  • Martine Barrat (date of birth unknown), based in New York, has photographed the black inhabitants of Harlem since the early 1980s
  • Claude Batho (1935–1981), remembered for the detailed images of her home and for her series on Claude Monet's garden at Giverny
  • Valérie Belin (born 1964), whose photographs have played with the distinction between illusion and reality
  • Alexandra Boulat (1962–2007), photojournalist and co-founder of the VII Photo Agency
  • Adeline Boutain (1862–1946), photographer, postcard publisher

    • C

  • 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

    • D

  • Dominique Darbois (born 1925), photojournalist who has concentrated on the victims of European colonialism
  • Françoise Demulder (1947–2008), war photographer
  • Stéphanie Di Giusto (active since 2004), film director, photographer, art director
  • Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri (c.1817–1878), early photographer, wife of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
  • Claudine Doury (born 1959), photojournalist

    • F

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

    • G

  • 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

    • H

  • Florence Henri (1893–1982), surrealist

    • I

  • Irina Ionesco (born 1935), erotic images of lavishly dressed women posing provocatively

    • K

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

    • L

  • Brigitte Lacombe (born 1950), photographer of film sets
  • Ergy Landau (1896-1967), see Hungary
  • Catherine Leroy (1945–2006), photojournalist, particularly known for her photography of the Vietnam war

    • M

  • 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

    • N

  • Janine Niépce (1921–2007), prolific photojournalist

    • R

  • 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 (born 1927), primarily an actor but also a noted and published photographer

    • S

  • 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

    • T

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

    • V

  • Agnès Varda (born 1928), 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

    • References

    List of French women photographers Wikipedia
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