List of Australian women photographers

A

• Narelle Autio, photojournalist working first in Europe and the USA before returning to Australia in 1998 as staff photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald

  B

• Sarah Bahbah, photographic artist, with large Instagram following
• Euphemia Eleanor Baker , photographer of Australian wildflowers and Bahá'í Faith
• Polly Borland, now living in England, known both for her portraits of famous Australians and for several series of stylized portraits
• Pat Brassington, Tasmanian photographer and digital artist.
• Kate Breakey, visual artist creating large-scale, hand-colored photographs.
• Harriet Brims, pioneer commercial photographer in Queensland.
• Jane Burton, Melbourne-based photographer.

  C

• Emily Florence Cazneau, mother of Harold, see List of New Zealand women photographers
• Alex Cearns, animal photography
• Sarah Chinnery, photographer and diarist
• Peta Clancy, photographic artist exploring histories of colonisation, hidden or obscured histories, First Nations histories
• Suzanna Clarke, see List of New Zealand women photographers
• Christine Cornish, photographer, geometric imagery addressing perception and knowledge
• Olive Cotton, modernist photographer working in the 1930s and 1940s in Sydney, receiving commissions from the publisher Sidney Ure Smith
• Virginia Coventry, photographer of environmental protests
• Brenda L Croft, First Nations artist, writer and curator drawing on familial and public archives to explore Indigenous histories and experiences

  D

• Destiny Deacon, Queensland photographer of indigenous culture
• Lillian Dean, Northern Territory photographer and local politician
• Maggie Diaz, American-born photographer, noted for her 1950s Chicago Collection
• Marian Drew, photographic artist exploring the plight of Australian wildlife, landscape, European visual traditions and the natural world

  E

• Sandy Edwards, documentary photographer and curator of photography, known for personal approach to documentary
• Mireille Eid , Lebanese-born Australian artist and photographer
• Odette England
• Joyce Evans, opened the first commercial photo gallery in Melbourne, later working herself in portraiture and landscapes, taught history of photography

  F

• Merilyn Fairskye, photographic artist, exploring links between technology, community and place
• Anne Ferran, photographic artist
• Sue Ford, celebrated photographer of social life, known for her personal approach to her subjects

  G

• Anne Geddes, stylized photographs of babies published in book-form or calendars
• Heather George, commercial industrial, fashion and outback photographer and painter
• Kate Geraghty, photojournalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, covered the 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 invasion of Iraq

  H

• Liz Ham, Sydney-based photographer of urban life, fashion, music and politics, also known for book Punk Girls
• C. Moore Hardy, Sydney-based photographer, documenting the Sydney queer community since the late 1970s
• Ponch Hawkes, Melbourne-based photographer
• Merris Hillard, printmaker and photographer
• Ruth Hollick, Melbourne-based portrait and fashion photographer

  J

• Carol Jerrems, explored issues of sexuality, youth, identity and mortality

  K

• Bronwyn Kidd, fashion, magazine and portrait photographer

  L

• Leah King-Smith, photographer and digital media artist

  M

• Wendy McDougall, NSW based photographer and artist, works as a music photographer and in other creative industries, and has exhibited her work since 1984
• Ruth Maddison, explores themes of relationships, communities and families
• Barbara McGrady, photographer
• Margaret Michaelis-Sachs, see Poland
• Tracey Moffatt, explores issues of sexuality, history, representation and race
• May and Mina Moore, New Zealand-born Australian portrait photographers
• Hedda Morrison, see Germany

  N

• June Newton, photographs under the pseudonym Alice Springs

  P

• Polixeni Papapetrou, noted for her themed photo series about people's identities

  R

• Bronwyn Rennex, photographer known for haunting cyanotypes and portraits

  S

• Rebecca Shanahan, NSW-based artist and photographer
• Rose Simmonds, British-born Queensland photographer and member of the Pictorialism movement
• Alexia Sinclair, fine-art photographer
• Ruby Spowart, photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s
• Robyn Stacey, camera obscura photographs, evocative still life using historical collections

  V

• Justine Varga, photographic artist, abstract work using analogue processes
• Beverley Veasey, photographic artist, animals and plants in stark white environment

  Y

• Jessica Yeh, photographer and violinist

  Z

• Anne Zahalka, photographer