Note that these
women were selected primarily on the basis that they were already well-represented
in the photographic literature. Life dates, country of affiliation and
type of photography, have not been double-checked. Finally, it should
be noted that this list is merely a starting point along the way to
identifying the 2000 women in the field of photography who best deserve
recognition as the best of the best. (This File is currently closed
to submissions due to the reorganization of Peter Palmquist's (1936-2003)
Women In Photography International Archive). There were no other updates
submitted past April 2001.
ALL ENTRIES were submitted to list by Peter Palmquist
Abbott, Berenice
(1898-1991); USA; documentary
Alberthal, Kari (1971- ); USA; fine art
ALLEN SISTERS: Frances (1854-1941) and Mary (1858-1941); USA; documentary
Alt, Jane Fulton (1951- ); USA; fine art
Alvarez Bravo, Lola (1907-1993); Mexico; fine art
Andriesse, Emmy (1914-1953); The Netherlands; documentary
Arbus, Diane Nemerov (1923-1971); USA; environmental portraiture
Armer, Laura Adams (1874-1963); USA; pictorialist and narrative portraiture
Arnold, Eve Cohen (1913- ); USA; documentary
Arthur, Cherise (1959- ), USA; landscape, flowers, children
Atkins, Anna (1799-1871); Great Britain; botanic studies
Auerbach, Ellen (1906- ); Germany; documentary
Baldwin, Maud (1878-1926);
USA; portraiture and documentary
Barney, Tina (1945- ); USA; fine art
Bartlett, Mary A.; USA; narrative portraiture of children
Barrow, Luciana
Barrow, Reenie (?-?); USA;
Baruch, Ruth-Marion (1922-1997); USA; documentary
Beals, Jessie Tarbox (1870-1942); USA; photojournalist
Becher, Hilla (1934- ); Germany; industrial architecture
Bennett, Edna; USA; editorial
Bernhard, Ruth (1905- ); USA documentary and portraiture
Bird, Isabella Lucy (1831-1904), USA victorian traveling photographer
Biren, Joan E.; USA; lesbian issues
Bishop, Isabella Lucy (1831-1904); Great Britain; travel
Bisilliat, Maureen (1931- ); Switzerland; documentary
Bohm, Dorothy (1924- ); Great Britain; photojournalist
Bonney, Therese (1894-1978); USA; photojournalist
Boulet, Alexandra (1963- ); France; photojournalist
Bourke-White, Margaret (1904-1971); USA; photojournalist
Bown, Jane; Great Britain; photojournalist
Boyd, Louise Arner (1887-1970); USA; geographical issues
Brandeis, Madeline (1897-1937); USA; narrative images for children
Bridges, Marilyn (1948- ); USA; topographical
Brigman, Anne (1869-1950); pictorialist
Brogden, Penny (1944- ), USA; fine art
Brush, Gloria DeFilipps (1947- ); USA; Professor of Photography
Bubelytova, Violeta; Russia; documentary
Bubley, Esther (1921- ); USA; documentary
Cade, Cathy (?-?);
USA; lesbian issues
Calle, Sophie (1953- ); France; fine art
Calvo, Marina Edith (?-?)
Cameron, Evelyn (1868-1928); Great Britain; regional documentary
Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-1879); Great Britain; portraiture
Casas, Ana (1956- ); Spain; documentary
Casdin-Silver, Harriet (1925- ); USA; holography
Caulfield, Patricia; USA; editorial and nature
Chamlee, Paula (1944- ); USA; landscape
Chapelle, Georgette Louise (1919-1965); USA; photojournalist
Chwatshky, Ann (1942- ); USA; photojournalist
Cleghorn, Kate (?-?); USA
Cobb, Jodi (?-?)
Cohen, Lynne (1944- ); USA; environmental narratives
Conant, Tara (1964- ); USA; documentary and street photography
Cones, Nancy Ford (1869-1962); USA; pictorialist
Connor, Linda (1944- ); USA; landscape
Cooper, Victoria (?-?)
Corinne, Tee A. (1943- ); USA; lesbian issues and writings
Cortes, Camila Chaves (1953- ); Colombia; city documentation, large-scale
infrastructure, fine art
Cory, Kate (1861-1958); USA; documentary
Cunningham, Imogen (1883-1976); USA; documentary and portraiture
Custis, Eleanor Parke (1898-1983); USA; pictorial competition
Dahl-Wolfe, Louise
(1895-1989); USA; fashion
Darbois, Dominique (1925- ); France; documentary
Davidson, Sarah (?-?); Great Britian; abstract photography
Dater, Judy Lichetenfeld (1941- ); USA
Derossi, Flavia Robinson (?-?)
DeVecchis, Rita Gaudet (?-?); USA; fine art
Dew, Gwen (1903-1993); USA; photojournalist
Dickey, Alverta Lyn (1951- ); USA; fine art, Mesoamerican
D’Ora, (Madam) (1881-1963); Germany; documentary
Dorfman, Elsa (1937- ); USA; portraiture
Dorr, Nell Koons (c.1893-1988); USA; documentary
Dufka, Corinne (?-?); USA; photojournalist
Edmonds, Angela
(?-?); England; fine art
Edwards, Beth Yarnelle (?-?); USA
Eleta, Sandra (1942- ); Panama; documentary
Emmons, Chansonetta Stanley (1858-1937); USA; documentary
Entwistle, Florence Mellish ;Great Britain; portraiture
Ess, Barbara (1948- ); USA; fine art
Ewald, Wendy Taylor; USA; documentary
Facio, Sara (1932-
); Agentina; documentary
Ferguson, Jessica USA; pinhole photography
Farnsworth, Emma Justine (1860-1952); USA; narrative
Ferrato, Donna (?-?)
Ferro, Jean (1944- ); USA; photo based mixed media
Fleischmann, Elizabeth (1859-1905); USA; medical
Fox, Flo (1945- ); USA; documentary
Franck, Martine (1938- ); France; documentary
Freedman, Jill (1939- ); USA; documentary
Freeman, Emma Belle (1880-1928); USA; portraiture
Freund, Gisele (1912- ); France; documentary
Frissell, Toni (1907-1988); USA; documentary
Fukova, Eva; Czechslovakia; documentary
Gamper, Gisela (1946-
); USA; fine art, black and white photo montage, digital montage
Gans, Lydia ; USA; documentary
Garcia, Robin Parker (1962- ); USA; multiple exposure, portrait, surrealism
Garduno, Flor (1957- ); Mexico; documentary
Garik, Alice (?-?); USA
Gay, E. Jane (1830-1919); USA; documentary
Gilpin, Laura (1891-1979); USA; documentary
Glickman, Judy Ellis (?-?); USA
Godwin, Fay (1931- ); USA; landscape
Goede, Phoeboe (?-?)
Golden, Judith (1934- ); USA; documentary
Goldin, Nan (1953- ); USA; documentary
Goldsmith, Lynn; USA; celebrity
Goodman, Rosey (?-?); Canada
Gonzalez, Carmen Perez (1969- ); Spain; social report, portrait
Greenfield, Lauren (?-?)
Grobet, Lourdes (1940- ); Mexico; documentary
Groover, Jan (1943- ); USA; fine art
Gunterman, Mattie (1872-1945); Canada; documentary
Guzy, Carol (?-?)
Hafsteinsson, Sigurjon
Baldur (?-?), Iceland; Museum Director
Hahn, Betty (1940- ); USA; documentary
Hammond, Linda Dawn (1957- ); Quebec, Canada; fine art photojournalism,
digital imaging
Hanscom, Adelaide (1876-1932); USA; pictorialist
Harker, Margaret (?-?)
Harris, Pamela (1940- ); Canada; feminist issues
Hasbun, Muriel H. (?-?); USA
Helg, Beatrice (1956- ); Germany; architecture
Henri, Florence (1893-1982); USA; fine art
Hewlett, Pearl (1927- ); USA; photojournalist
Hoebler, Ditta Baron (?-?); USA
Heyman, Abigail (1942- ); USA documentary
Hilmer, Lucy (1945- ); USA; fine art
Hoch, Hannah (1889-1978); Germany; fine art
Hofer, Evelyn (1924- ); Germany; documentary
Hofkin, Ann Ginsburgh (1943- ); USA; fine art
Holmgren, Paulina (?-?); Sweeden
Hooper, Grace (1899-1979); USA; editorial
Huntington, Elfie (1868-1949); USA; documentary
Iturbide, Graciela
(1942- ); Mexico; documentary
Jacoby, Johanna
Alexandra (1896-1990); Germany; documentary
James, Lesley (1960- ); Great Britian; fine art
Jansen, Cathrine (?-?); USA; Photography proffessor
Jarvis, Suzi (?-?)
Johnsen, Hanne Holm (?-?); Norway; Curator
Johnson, Osa (1894-1953); USA; nature
Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952); USA; documentary
Kanaga, Consuelo
(1894-1978); USA; documentary
Kaplan, Arielle (?-?); USA; freelance photography
Kar, Ida (1908-1974); Great Britain; documentary
Kasebier, Gertrude (1852-1934); USA; pictorialist
Kasten, Barbara (1936- ); USA; fine art
Keegan, Maria (1938- ); USA; documentary
Kendellan, Ann (1954- ); USA; documentary
Khornak, Lucille; USA; fashion
Kim, Yunghi (?-?)
Kimber, Megan (?-?)
Kirillina, , Alexandra (?-?)
Klein Kellie Murphy (?-?)
Klute, Jeanette (1918- ); USA; color
Knowles, Katherine; USA; documentary
Kon, Michiko; Japan; fine art
Kramer, Denise (?-?); USA
Krischan, Donna (1955- ); USA; garden photography
Krementz, Jill (1940- ); USA; documentary
Kruger, Barbara (1945- ); USA; fine art
Krull, Germaine (1897-1985); France; documentary
Kurtzweil, Tove (1938- ); Denmark; documentary
Lakeman, Sandra
Davis; USA; architecture
Lange, Dorothea (1895-1965); USA; documentary
Larabee, Constance Stuart (1914- ); USA; documentary
Lavenson, Alma (1897-1989); USA; pictorialist
Leen, Nina (1909-1995); USA; documentary
Legett, Jo (?-?); USA; Photo Metro Pubisher
Leibovitz, Annie (1949- ); USA; portraiture
Lendvai-Dircksen, Erna (1883-1962); Germany; documentary
Leonard, Joanne (1940- ); USA; fine art
Le Prat, Therese (1895-1966); France; portraiture
Levine, Suzanne C.; USA; documentary
Levitt, Helen (1913- ); USA; documentary
Mann, Sally (1951-
); USA; portraiture
Mark, Mary Ellen (1940- ); USA; photojournalist
Marsted, Marcia Reid
Martin, Cobe (?-?)
Matthew, Annu Palakunnathu (?-?); USA; fine art, Assistant Professor
of Art
Maynard, Hannah (1834-1918); Canada; portraiture
McCartney, Linda (1942-1998); USA; documentary
McConnellk, Julie A. (1963- ); USA; fine art
McDonough, Heather (?-?); Great Britian; lens and digital media
Mee, Yoon Jeong (?-?); Korea
Meiselas, Susan (1948- ); USA; documentary
Mieth, Hansel (1909-1998?); Germany; documentary
Miller, Lee (1907-1977); Great Britain; documentary
Mires, Mary Rowland (?-?)
Miskend, Donna (?-?); USA;
Mitchell, Margaretta K. (1935- ); USA; fine art
Model, Lisette (1906-1983); USA
Modotti, Assunta Adelaide Luigia “Tina” (1896-1942); portraiture
Momatiuk, Yva (1940- ); photojournalist
Moodie, Geraldine (1854-1945); Canada; regional
Moon, Sarah (1941- ); USA; fine art
Morath, Inge (1923- ); France; documentary
Morgan, Barbara (1900-1992); USA; portraiture
Morphew, Lisa N. USA; figurative, experimental landscape, documentary
Moul, Laura (1953- ); USA; fine arts, portrait, nature/wildlife
Mozesson, Phiz ; USA; documentary
Munni, Munira Morshed (?-?); Bangledesh; photo student
Myers, Joan (1944- ); USA; fine art
Nance, Marilyn (1953-
); USA;documentary
Nash, Leah (?-?); USA; photojournalist
Nestor, Helen (1924- ); USA; documentary
Nettles, Bea (1946- ); USA; fine art
Niccolini, Dianora
Nicolay, Susan Lirakis (1952- ); USA; fine art, portraiture
Noggle, Anne (1922- ); USA; fine art
Norfleet, Barbara Pugh (1926- ); USA; documentary
Noskowiak, Sonya (1900-1975); USA; pictorialist
Oates, Leah (?-?);
USA;
Olson, Christine (?-?)
Ori, Nancy J. (?-?); USA
Orkin, Ruth (1921-1985); USA; documentary
Otte, Susan (1966- ); USA; portriat, travel, fine art
Owings, Patte (?-?)
Palfi, Marion (1917-1978);
USA; documentary
Parker, Olivia (1941- ); USA; fine art
Parrish, Susan (?-?)
Perez, Nissan N. (?-?); Isreal; Curator at the Isreal Museum
Pickard, Cindy (?-?)
Parks, Judi (?-?); USA; documentary
Ponsold, Renate (1935- ); fine art
Powell, LaDonna M. (?-?); USA,
Purcell, Rosamond Wolff (1942- ); USA; fine art
Prins, Lieve (?-?); Netherlands
Rachel, Vaughan;
USA; documentary
Rea, Vienne (?-?); USA
Resnick, Marcia (1950- ); USA; fine art
Ressler, Susan Rebecca (1949- ); USA fine art
Riefenstahl, Leni (1902- ); Germany; documentary
Riwkin-Brick, Anna (1908-1970); Sweden; documentary
Roff, Leah Adrian (?-?); USA; fine art
Rogala, Dawn (?-?); USA
Rosenthal, Barbara (1948- ); USA; fine art
Rosner-Kozuch, Tali (?-?); USA
Rubinstein, Eva (1933- ); USA; fine art
Rubenstein, Meridel (1948- ); USA; fine art
Savage, Caroline
(?-?); Director of Penna Photography Council
Schoenfeld, Diana Lindsay (1949- ); USA; fine art
Schwartzenberg, Susan; USA; documentary
Seed, Suzanne (1940- ): USA; documentary
Severn, Merlyn (1935- ); documentary
Sewall, Emma D. (1836-1919); USA; documentary
Sherman, Cindy (1954- ); USA; fine art
Simmons, Laurie (1949- ); USA; fine art
Simpson, Lorna (1960- ); USA; documentary
Sipprell, Clara E. (1885-1975); USA documentary
Sligh, Clarissa; USA; fine art
Smithson, Aline (?-?)
Sokorina, Julie (?-?)
Solomon, Rosalind (1930- ); USA; documentary
Sonneman, Eve (1946- ); fine art
Spence, Jo (1934-1992); Great Britain; documentary
Stark, (Dame) Freya (1893-1993); Great Britain; travel
Steber, Maggie (?-?)
Stern, Grete (1904- ); documentary
Stimmel, Susan (?-?)
Stockbridge, Nellie J. (1868-1965); USA; portraiture
Storey, Hazel
Stratton-Porter, Gene (1863-1924); USA; nature
Struebing-Beazley, Kristen (1939- ); USA, fine art
Stumner, Helen (?-?)
Sullivan, Barbara (1942- ); USA; portrait, wedding, comercial photographer
Sullivan, Joan (?-?); Canada
Sunday, Elisabeth; USA; fine art
Switzer, Katherine (?-?)
Szasz, Suzanne (1919- ); USA; portraiture
Taylor, Judith (?-?);
USA
Tenneson, Joyce (1945- ); USA; fine art
Testwide, Julie Betts
Turbeville, Deborah (1938- ); USA; fine art
Turner, Judith (1939- ); USA; Architecture
Ulmann, Doris (1882-1934);
USA; documentary
Underhill, Lynn (?-?); USA; photography prof.
Uyeda, Seiko (1955- ); USA; photography writer/critic
Vallejos, Lani (?-?);
USA
Van Cleve, Barbara (1935- ); USA; documentary
Van Keuren, Sarah; USA; alternative processes
Vignes, Michelle (1926- ); USA; documentary
Wagner, Catherine
(1953- ); USA; landscape
Wah, Lee Kwok (?-?); photo educator
Walther, Hedda; Germany; portraiture
Ward, Catharine Weed Barnes (1851-1913); USA; documentary
Waterman, Sally (1974- ); Great Britian
Watson, Edith S.; USA; documentary
Watson-Schutze, Eva L. (1867-1935); USA; pictorialist
Weems, Carrie Mae (1953- ); USA; documentary
Weil, Mathilde; USA; portraiture
Welch, C.K. (?-?)
Welsh, Katherine (?-?)
Welty, Eudora (1909- ); USA; documentary
West, Eva, Skold (?-?)
Weiss, Sabine; France; documentary
Whitaker, Luciana Barrow (1965- ); Brazil, photojournalist
White, Christine (?-?)
Wier, Nevada; USA; travel
Wiggins, Myra Albert (1869-1956); USA; fine art
Wilding, Dorothy (1893-1976); Great Britain; portraiture
Williams, Susan (?-?); USA
Wilson, Lilian Elaine (1963- ); USA; black and white portrait and street
Wolcott, Marion Post (1910-1990); USA; documentary
Woodman, Francesca (1958-1981); USA; fine art
Wootten, Bayard Morgan (1876- ); USA; documentary
Wrensted, Benedicte (1859-1949); Denmark; portraiture
Wright, Dare; USA; portraiture
Wu, Jiabao (?-?), Japan; Fotosoft Institute of Photography
Wright, Mabel Osgood; USA; portraiture and nature
Wulz, Wanda; Italy; fine art
Yampolsky, Mariana
Urbach (1925- ); Mexico; documentary
Yeager, Bunny; USA; self-portraits
Ylla [Kamilla Koffler] (1910-1955); animals
Zancan, Chiara (1967-
); Italy; industrial photographer
Zonneville, Hans (?-?); Holland, curator
(Nominations
by Peter Palmquist)
