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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.

A

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  • Leila Alaoui (1982–2016), French-Moroccan commercial photographer and video artist

B

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C

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  • Claude Cahun (1894–1954), photographer and artist, remembered for her self-portraits (1927–1947)
  • Sophie Calle (born 1953), writer, photographer and installation artist, also photography professor
  • Georgette Chadourne (1899–1983), surrealist photographer
  • Vivienne Chandler (1947–2013), actress and professional photographer
  • Yvonne Chevalier (1899–1982), magazine photographer

D

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F

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  • Flore (born 1963), French-Spanish artistic photographer
  • Gisèle Freund (1908–2000), German-born, known for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists

G

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  • Gaëlle Ghesquière (born 1972), photographer, writer, journalist, portraits of pop artists
  • Laure Mathilde Gouin (1829-1916), painter and photographer, colourist for photographers Alexis Gouin and Bruno Braquehais, from 1874 worked independently under the name of Mme. M. Gouin.
  • Laure Albin Guillot (1879–1962), portraits of Paris celebrities, wide variety of other genres, several high-ranking administrative positions

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I

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J

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L

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M

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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
  • Mayotte Magnus (born 1934), French-born photographer based in England
  • Dolorès Marat (born 1944), art photography
  • Alix Marie (born 1989), artist working with photography and sculpture
  • Isabelle Massieu (1844–1932), travel writer and photographer
  • Sarah Moon (born 1941), fashion photographer, now concentrating on gallery work

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R

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  • Ann Ray (born 1969), artist and photographer
  • 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
  • Christine Spengler (born 1945), photojournalist who has concentrated on the victims of war

T

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

V

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  • Agnès Varda (1928–2019), film director and photographer, documentary realism, feminist issues
  • Jenny de Vasson (1872–1920), highly productive early female photographer
  • Madame Vaudé-Green (1822-1902), nineteenth century French photographer of religious art
  • Véronique de Viguerie (born 1978), photojournalist, particularly known for her photography of the most recent Afghan war

See also

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