List of German women photographers
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This is a list of women photographers who were born in Germany or whose works are closely associated with that country.
A
- Gertrud Arndt (1903–2000), created self-portraits from around 1930
- Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), see United States
B
- Tina Bara (born 1962), freelance artistic photographer
- Uta Barth (born 1958), art photography
- Ingeborg de Beausacq (1910–2003), fashion and society photographer in Brazil
- Hilla Becher (born 1934), together with her brother Bernd, produced typologies of industrial buildings and structures
- Katharina Behrend (1888–1973), see Netherlands
- Sibylle Bergemann (1941–2010), chronicler of social life in East Germany
- Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006), German-born American lesbian photographer
- Emilie Bieber (1810–1884), pioneer who opened a studio in Hamburg as early as 1852
- Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), of the New Objectivity movement
- Ilse Bing (1899–1998), versatile photographer (fashion, architecture, etc.) from the 1920s to the 1950s, often using remarkable compositions
- Anna Blume (born 1937), staged photographs and installations, often depicting herself and her husband Bernhard
- Dorothy Bohm (born 1924), see United Kingdom
- Jenny Bossard-Biow (1813 – after 1858), possibly the first woman in Germany to have made daguerreotypes
- Marianne Breslauer (1909–2001), active in the early 1930s
- Traude Bührmann (born 1942), writer, journalist, photographer
D
- Wanda von Debschitz-Kunowski (1870–1935), portrait photographer, educator
- Minya Diez-Dührkoop (1873–1929), professional photographer with a studio in Berlin
E
- Frauke Eigen (born 1969), photographer of the aftermath of war in Kosovo
F
- Gertrude Fehr (1895-1996), did solarisation photos
- Gisèle Freund (1908–2000), see France
G
- Marie Goslich (1859–1936), photographer of social issues, etc., for magazines
- Sophia Goudstikker (1865-1924), portraitist and women's rights activist
- Liselotte Grschebina (1908–1994), see Israel
H
- Lisel Haas (1898–1989), German-born Jewish photographer who moved to Britain
- Esther Haase (born 1966), photographer, film director
- Sandra Hastenteufel (born 1966), contemporary artist, photographer
- Roswitha Hecke (born 1944), photojournalist
- Annemarie Heinrich (1912–2005), see Argentina
- Lotte Herrlich (1883–1956), photographer of naturism during the 1920s
- Hannah Höch (1889–1978), pioneer of photomontage, participated in the Dada movement
- Marta Hoepffner (1912–2000), artist, photographer
- Candida Höfer (born 1944), highly precise large-format depictions of guest workers in Germany, interiors, zoos, capturing the psychology of social architecture
- Walde Huth (1923–2011), fashion photographer
J
- Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990), initially family photography, then shots of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, from 1935 studio in Manhattan, portraits of celebrities
K
- Astrid Kirchherr (born 1938), photographed the Beatles before they became famous
- Barbara Klemm (active 1959–2004), press photographer
- Katrin Korfmann (born 1971), fine art photographer
- Monika Kropshofer (born 1952), painter, photographer
- Germaine Krull (1897–1985), photographer, activist
- Marie Kundt (1870–1932), photographer, educator
L
- Erna Lendvai-Dircksen (1883–1962), photographer of rural individuals, collected in books that sold well in the Nazi period
- Esther Levine (born 1970), urban and street photography
- Loretta Lux (born 1969), fine art photographer known for surreal portraits of young children
- Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967), photographer of night scenes
M
- Melanie Manchot (born 1966), specializes in photographs of people in public, sometimes inviting them to undress
- Jeanne Mandello (1907–2001), modern experimental photographer, studio in Paris, later moved to South America
- Anne Menke (born 1967), German-born editorial photographer, based in New York
- Hansel Mieth (1909–1998), see United States
- Lucia Moholy (1894–1989), see Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic
- Hedda Morrison (1908–1991), early photographs of Peking, Hong Kong and Sarawak, later lived and exhibited in Australia
N
- Anja Niedringhaus (1965–2014), photojournalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Margret Nissen (born 1938), photographer of architecture
O
- Hildegard Ochse (1935–1997), freelance photographer, educator
P
- Helga Paris (born 1938), photographer specializing in East-German street scenes
- Barbara Probst (born 1964), contemporary artist, photographer
- Anne-Katrin Purkiss (born 1959), portrait photographer
R
- Katja Rahlwes (born 1967), photographer of fashion and butts
- Claudia Reinhardt (born 1964), contemporary German photographer
- Ursula Richter (1886–1946), dance and theatre photography in Dresden
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), film director and dancer who also published photos of the Nuba tribes in Sudan and, later, marine life
- Frieda Riess (1890–c. 1955), German portrait photographer in the 1920s with a studio in central Berlin
S
- Thyra Schmidt (born 1974), art photography and new media artist
- Stefanie Schneider (born 1968), photographer of the American west
- Ursula Schulz-Dornburg (born 1938), photographer in black and white
- Else Seifert (1879–1968), architectural photographer
- Katharina Sieverding (born 1944), self-portraitist
- Annegret Soltau (born 1946), stitched photomontages of the human body
- Grete Stern (1904–1999), see Argentina
T
- Gerda Taro (1910–1937), early female war photographer, remembered for her coverage of the Spanish Civil War, especially Valencia, published in Life and Illustrated London News
- Elsa Thiemann (1910-1981), photographer of the Bauhaus school
U
- Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), photographer of erotic femininity
V
- Christa Frieda Vogel (born 1960), documentary photographer
W
- Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), Germany's first professional female photographer with a studio in Leipzig from 1843
- Anne Winterer (1894–1938), studio in Dusseldorf, portraits, industrial subjects
Y
- Yva (1900–c.1942), German Jewish photographer, multiple exposed images
Z
- Bettina von Zwehl (born 1971), portrait photographer, based in London