List of French photographers
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This is a list of photographers who were born in France or whose works are closely associated with that country.
A
- Olympe Aguado
- Jacques Alexandre (born 1944)
- Georges-Louis Arlaud (1869–1944)
- Hippolyte Arnoux
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Eugène Atget (1857–1927)
- Alan Aubry
B
- Edouard Baldus
- Bruno Barbey (1941–2020)
- Jean Baudrillard
- Hippolyte Bayard (1807–1887)
- Alfred Beau (1829–1907)
- Christophe Beauregard (born 1966)
- Laurent Benaïm (born 1965)
- Laurent Biancani
- Auguste-Rosalie Bisson
- Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard
- Félix Bonfils
- Edouard Boubat
- Alexandra Boulat (1962–2007), photographer
- Jacques Bourboulon
- Mohamed Bourouissa (born 1978)
- Jean-Christian Bourcart
- Guy Bourdin
- Adeline Boutain (1862–1946), photographer, postcard publisher
- Bruno Braquehais
- Brassaï (1899–1984), Hungarian-born French photographer
- Adolphe Braun (1812–1877)
- Serge Brunier
- Jean-Marc Bustamante
C
- Bernard Cahier
- Claude Cahun
- Sophie Calle (born 1953), photographer and other media
- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
- Jean Chamoux
- Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
- Désiré Charnay
- Germaine Chaumel (1895–1982)
- Clark and Pougnaud, art duo composed of photographer and painter
- Antoine Claudet
- Paul de Cordon
D
- Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787–1851)
- Luc Delahaye
- Édouard Delessert (1828–1898), painter, archaeologist and photographer
- Patrick Demarchelier
- Thomas Devaux (born 1980)
- André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
- Louis-Camille d'Olivier
- Robert Doisneau (1912–1994), photographer
- Pierre Dubreuil (1872–1944), photographer
- Maxime Du Camp
- Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron (1837–1920)
- Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu
E
- Philippe Echaroux (born 1983)
- Wilfrid Esteve
F
- Antoine Fauchery
- Bernard Faucon
- Flore (born 1963), French-Spanish photographer and daughter of the painter Olga Gimeno
- Hércules Florence
- Fernand Fonssagrives
- Vincent Fournier (born 1970), Burkina Faso-born Paris-based photographer
- Auguste François
- Charles Fréger (born 1975), portrait photographer
- Jean-Baptiste Frénet (1814–1889)
G
- Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
- Léon Gimpel
- Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
- André Giroux
- Jean-Pierre Gilson (born 1948)
- Vincent Goutal (born 1971)
- Yohann Gozard (born 1977)
- Olivier Grunewald
- Emile Gsell
H
- Lucien Hervé (1910–2007), Hungarian-born French photographer
- Henri Huet
I
J
- Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
- Jean-François Jonvelle (born 1943)
- Valérie Jouve (born 1964), photographer, filmmaker
L
- Eric Lafforgue
- Suzanne Lafont (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
- Frédéric Lagrange
- John Launois (1928–2002), photojournalist
- Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986)
- Louis Legrand
- Gustave Le Gray
- Henri Le Secq
- Ange Leccia (born 1952), photographer, filmmaker
- Jean-François Lepage (born 1960), photographer
- Auguste and Louis Lumière
- Serge Lutens
M
- Dolorès Marat (born 1944)
- Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904)
- Charles Marville (1816–1879)
- Pascal Meunier
- Jean-Baptiste Mondino
- Bruno de Monès (born 1952)
- Vincent Munier (born 1976)
N
- Nadar (1820–1910)
- Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), inventor of photography
O
- Dani Olivier (born 1969)
- André Ostier
P
- Gilles Peress
- Pierre et Gilles, photography duo
- Jean Philippe Piter (born 1968)
- Bernard Plossu (born 1945)
- Michel Poivert (born 1965), photography historian, president of Société française de photographie
- Kate Polin (born 1967)
- Herman Puig, Cuban-born photographer and filmmaker
- Constant Puyo (1857–1933)
R
- Réhahn
- Gérard Rancinan
- Henri-Victor Regnault
- Bettina Rheims (born 1952), photographer
- Marc Riboud (1923–2016), photographer
- Olivier Roller (born 1972)
- Dominique Roman (1824–1911)
- Willy Ronis (1910–2009), photographer
- Georges Rousse (born 1947), photographer
S
- Lise Sarfati (born 1958), photographer
- Jean-Louis Schoellkopf (born 1946), photographer
- Stéphane Sednaoui
- Jeanloup Sieff
- Camille Silvy
- Hedi Slimane
- Albert Spaggiari
- Christine Spengler
- Alex Strohl (born 1989)
T
- Chloé Tallot
- Antoine Tempé
- Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (1866–1951), photographer and military officer
- Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (born 1951)
- Natalia Turine
V
- Pierre de Vallombreuse (born 1962)
- Benedicte Van der Maar
- Xavier Veilhan (born 1963), photographer, other media
- Jean-Marie Villard (1828–1899)
- Jean-Michel Voge (born 1949)
- Franck Vogel
W
- Evrard Wendenbaum
- Albert Willecomme (1900–1971)
- Wols (1913–1951), German photographer who worked in France
Y
Z
- Patrick Zachmann (born 1955)