Women Photographers and Photojournalists - Women in Photography

Who are some of the women who have contributed to the art of photography? Here's a of some of the most important women photographers.

A profile of photographer Berenice Abbott.

Diane Arbus biography - details of the life and work of Diane Neberov Arbus, famous woman photographer.

Quotes by Diane Arbus - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.

Anna Atkins biography - some details about the life of the photography pioneer.

Imogen Cunningham biography - information on the life and work of Imogen Cunningham, an American photographer.

A biography of Susan Eakins, painter and photographer.

Nan Goldin biography - a profile of Nan Goldin,

Life and work of Gertrude Kasebier, early woman photographer.

Biography of Barbara Kruger, feminist artist who combined images and words for effect.

Dorothea Lange biography - a profile of Dorothea Lange, photographer of the 20th century, known for her iconic images of the Great Depression

Images of women's suffrage events and individual women who were active in the suffrage movement.

Images on this site of women's history events, notable women in history, sites of women's history, and more.

Three photographs, all from the 1870s, by Julia Margaret Cameron (1814-1879). Includes a portrait of Sir John Herschel, a self portrait, and "Gareth and Lynette: the Idylls of the King."

From the National Gallery of Art, a multipage online exhibition focusing on an 1866 photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron.

A profile of the wife of William Fox, photography pioneer. She also took photographs and developed them.

An early cyanotype photograph, about 1843, taken by Anna Atkins.

A pair of photographs by Carrie Mae Weems, 1978-1984.

Photograph, 1984, from Cynthia Witkin.