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.

A

• 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 Herald

B

• Polly Borland (born 1959), now living in England, known both for her portraits of famous Australians and for several series of stylized portraits

C

• Alex Cearns, animal photography
• Suzanna Clarke (born 1961), see New Zealand
• Olive Cotton (1911–2003), modernist photographer working in the 1930s and 1940s in Sydney, receiving commissions from the publisher Sidney Ure Smith

D

• Maggie Diaz (born 1925), American-born photographer, noted for her 1950s Chicago Collection

E

• Joyce Evans (born 1929), opened the first commercial photo gallery in Melbourne, later working herself in portraiture and landscapes, taught history of photography

F

• Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographic artist

G

• Anne Geddes (born 1956), stylized photographs of babies published in book-form or calendars
• Kate Geraghty (born 1973), photojournalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, covered the 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 invasion of Iraq

J

• Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), explored issues of sexuality, youth, identity and mortality

M

• Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), see Poland
• Tracey Moffatt (born 1960), explores issues of sexuality, history, representation and race

N

• June Newton (born 1923), photographs under the pseudonym Alice Springs

P

• Polixeni Papapetrou (born 1960), noted for her themed photo series about people's identities

S

• Lisa Saad (born 1968), advertising and conceptual photographer
• Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), fine-art photographer
• Ruby Spowart (born 1928), photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s

See also

• List of women photographers