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List of Australian women photographers

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This is a list of women photographers who were born in Australia or whose works are closely associated with that country.

A

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

G

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

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