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List of Danish women photographers

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

A

  • Pia Arke (1958–2007), Greenlandic visual and performance artist, writer and photographer

B

C

E

  • Tina Enghoff (born 1957), photographer, video artist and writer

F

G

  • Marianne Grøndahl (1938–2012), documentary photographer working in the theatrical environment, also in advertising and portraiture

H

K

  • Sophia Kalkau (born 1960), art photography, often categorized as performative photography, often related to her work as sculptor.
  • Kirsten Klein (born 1945), landscape photographer on the island of Mors with a melancholic style achieved by using older techniques
  • Astrid Kruse Jensen (born 1975), specialist in night photography

J

L

  • Julie Laurberg (1856–1925), portrait and court photographer in Copenhagen

M

  • Rigmor Mydtskov (1925–2010), court photographer, also worked in the theatre environment

S

  • Mary Steen (1856–1939), Denmark's first female court photographer, opened a studio in 1884, encouraged women to take up photography

T

  • Louise Thomsen (1823–1907), early photographer with a studio in Hellebæk

W

  • Mary Willumsen (1884–1961), from 1916 produced postcards of women in scanty clothing, now considered an artistic contributor
  • Benedicte Wrensted (1859–1949), opened a studio in Horsens in the 1880s before emigrating to the United States, where she photographed Native Americans

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