List of Canadian women photographers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Arwa Abouon (1982–2020), Libyan-Canadian photographer focused on Islamic culture
• Shelagh Alexander (1959–2017), photographic artist
• Vikky Alexander (born 1959), installation artist and photographer, often producing large murals
• Lillian B. Allen (1904–1994), painter, teacher and nature photographer
• Jennifer Alleyn (born 1969), filmmaker, writer and photographer
• Evelyn Andrus (1909–1972), photographer
• Sara Angelucci (born 1962), photography, video art
• Raymonde April (born 1953), photographer and academic, awarded the Order of Canada for her contribution to photography
• Joi Arcand (born 1982), nehiyaw photo-based artist
• Barbara Astman (born 1950), hybrid photography and new media
• Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972), photographer and musician

B

• Marian Penner Bancroft (born 1947), artist, photographer and educator
• Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870–1942), see United States
• Claire Beaugrand Champagne (born 1948), documentary photographer
• Sylvie Bélanger (1951–2020), video, photography, installation
• Dorothy Benson (1901–1996), wildlife photographer
• Edith Hallett Bethune (1890–1970), pictorialist photographer
• Lori Blondeau (born 1964), Cree/Saulteaux/Métis artist whose work includes performance art, installation and photography
• Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), landscape and plant photography
• Roberta Bondar (born 1945), landscape photographer, Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space
• Diane Borsato, visual artist, explore pedagogy practices through performance, intervention, video, installation, and photography
• Dianne Bos (born 1956), photographer
• Tess Boudreau (died 2007), documentary photography and artists' portrait photographs
• Kristy Boyce (born 1982), photographer, interdisciplinary artist

• Deanna Bowen (born 1969), interdisciplinary artist
• Fiona Bowie, installation artist, uses film, video, photography and sculpture
• Amber Bracken (born 1984), photojournalist reporting on indigenous peoples
• Reva Brooks (1913–2004), photographed in Mexico, works in MoMA's The Family of Man exhibition
• Karin Bubaš (born 1976), contemporary artist, uses photography, drawing and painting
• Kay Burns, multidisciplinary artist

C

• Geneviève Cadieux (born 1955), women's facial expressions
• Chrystal Callahan (fl 2000s), visual artist, photographer and fashion model
• Tenille Campbell (fl 2010s), indigenous writer, poet and photographer
• Blossom Caron (1905–1999), still life
• Jacynthe Carrier (born 1982), visual artist, photography, video and performance
• Rosetta Ernestine Carr (1845–1907), portrait and landscape photography
• Cynthia Chalk (1913–2018), nature photography
• June Clark (born 1941), photography, sculpture and collage
• Dana Claxton (born 1959), Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer and performance artist
• Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), see United States
• Petra Collins (born 1992), portrait and fashion photography
• Sorel Cohen (born 1936), portraiture, feminist
• Stéphanie Colvey (born 1949), documentary photography
• Erin Combs (born c. 1952), early woman photojournalist
• Henrietta Constantine (1857–1934), landscape photographer
• Marlene Creates (born 1952), visual artist
• Caitlin Cronenberg (born 1984), photographer and filmmaker
• Jill Culiner (born 1945), folk artist, photographer and writer

D

• Nathalie Daoust (born 1977), images taken in hotel rooms, a Tokyo love hotel, Berlin interiors
• Nancy Davenport (born 1965), visual artist and photographer
• Moyra Davey (born 1958), artist whose work includes photography, video and writing
• Sally Davies (born 1956), painter and photographer
• Clara Dennis (1881–1958), images of early 20th century Nova Scotia and Mi'kmaq people
• Susan Dobson (born 1965), photographer, focuses on themes of urban landscape and suburban culture
• Julie Doiron (born 1972)
• Marie-Alice Dumont (1892–1985), portrait and landscape photography
• Carol Dunlop (1946–1982), writer, translator, activist and photographer
• Chantal duPont (1942–2019), multidisciplinary artist

E

• Jessica Eaton (born 1977), minimalist and geometric photographs relying on in-camera effects
• Julie Enfield (fl 2000s), portrait photographer and writer
• Janieta Eyre (born 1971), British-born Canadian art photographer

F

• Rosalie Favell (born 1958), artist working with photography and digital collage

G

• Madame Gagné (active 1886–1891)
• Millie Gamble (1887–1986), early amateur photographer from Prince Edward Island, images of life in the Tyron area from 1905
• Lorraine Gilbert (born 1955), French-born Canadian landscape artist and photographer
• Henrietta Gilmour (1852–1926), pioneering woman photographer
• Angela Grauerholz (born 1952), German-born photographer, graphic designer and educator
• Jill Greenberg (born 1967), Canadian-born portrait photographer and pop artist
• Michelle Groskopf (fl 2017), street photographer
• Aline Gubbay (1920–2005), photographer, art historian and writer
• Mattie Gunterman (1872–1945), amateur photographer
• Clara Gutsche (born 1949), American-Canadian photographer, educator and art critic

H

• Samra Habib (fl 2014), Pakistani-Canadian photographer, writer and activist
• Jane Eaton Hamilton (born 1954), writer, poet, visual artist and photographer
• Naomi Harris (born 1973), portraits of people from sub-cultures
• Kiana Hayeri (born 1988), photojournalist
• Isabelle Hayeur (born 1969), visual artist working with photographs and experimental film
• Heidi Hollinger (born 1968), political photographer
• Elsie Holloway (1882–1971), photographer, known for her portraits and historic photos of Newfoundland people and its surroundings
• April Hickox (born 1955), lens based artist, founding director of Gallery 44 Centre For Contemporary Photography

J

• Valerie Jodoin Keaton (fl 2009), rock star photographer and musician
• Joanne Jackson Johnson (born 1943), photographer

K

• Ruth Kaplan (born 1955), artist and documentary photographer
• Zahra Kazemi (1948–2003)
• Minna Keene (1849–1943), German-Canadian pictorial portrait photographer
• Violet Keene (1893–1987), English-born Canadian photographer of artists and statesmen
• Holly King (born 1957), artist creating photographs of constructed landscapes
• Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
• Nadya Kwandibens, First Nations photographer

L

• Donna Laframboise (fl 1990s), photographer and journalist
• Gisèle Lamoureux (1942–2018), photographer, botanist and ecologist
• Rita Leistner (fl 2000s), photojournalist and filmmaker
• Laura Letinsky (born 1962), contemporary photography, best known for her still lifes
• Élise L'Heureux (1827–1896), 19th century Quebec City photographer
• Elaine Ling (1946–2016), photographer
• Judith Lodge (born 1941), American Canadian painter and photographer

M

• Margaret Malandruccolo (fl 2000s), photographer and music video director
• Lesia Maruschak (born 1961), known for her Project Maria
• Mia Matthes (1920–2010), architecture and landscape photographer
• Edith Maybin (born 1969), photographer
• Hannah Maynard (1834–1918), portrait and experimental photographer
• Jo-Anne McArthur (born 1976), photojournalist and animal rights activist
• Helen McCall (1899–1956)
• Susan McEachern (born 1951), American-Canadian photographer, work often includes text
• Sheila McKinnon, Canadian born photographer and journalist
• Meryl McMaster (born 1988), photographer whose best known work explores her Indigenous heritage
• Jean Gainfort Merrill (born 1913), photojournalist
• Léna Mill-Reuillard (fl 2016), cinematographer and photographer
• Lorraine Monk (1922–2020), photographer, helped establish the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Order of Canada for contributions to photography
• Geraldine Moodie (1854–1945), pioneering photographer, images include the Innu people around Hudson Bay
• Julie Moos (born 1966), art photography
• Alexandra Morrison, photographer
• Marie-Jeanne Musiol (born 1950), Swiss-Canadian photographer
• Nadia Myre (born 1974), contemporary visual artist

N

• Shelley Niro (born 1954), Mohawk multidisciplinary artist
• Farah Nosh (active since 2002), Iraqi-Canadian photojournalist

P

• Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (born 1983), Indian-Canadian-British feminist director and fashion photographer
• Thelma Pepper (1920–2020)
• Nancy Petry (born 1931), known for innovation within the fields of painting, photography, film and performance art
• Jenny Pike (1922–2004), developed D-Day photos during WWII, later worked as darkroom technician for Canadian police

R

• Nina Raginsky (born 1941), worked freelance for the National Film Board of Canada, best known for frontal, full-figure portraits=
• Sylvie Readman (born 1958), photographer exhibited in the National Gallery
• Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), professional photographer in Edmonton
• Dominique Rey (born 1976), photographer
• Charlotte Rosshandler (born 1943), Canadian-American photographer
• Alix Cléo Roubaud (1952–1983), photographer

S

• June Sauer (born 1920s), Montreal fashion photographer specializing in fur
• Faye Schulman (1919–2015), Jewish partisan photographer
• Sandra Semchuk (born 1948), photographer
• Erin Shirreff (born 1975), multidisciplinary artist, primarily works with photography, sculpture and video
• Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist and photographer
• Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
• Clara Sipprell (1885–1975), early 20th century landscape photographer, also known for her portraits of famous actors, artists, writers and scientists
• Lana Šlezić (fl 2000s), photographer and filmmaker
• Mary Spencer (1857–1938), photographer, photojournalist and artist
• Barbara Spohr (1955–1987), photographed Alberta city scenes and people
• Elaine Stocki (born 1979), educator known for her paintings and photographs

T

• Althea Thauberger (born 1970), visual artist
• Pascale Thérien (born 1976), Montreal-based female fashion photographer and founder of La Luz Portraits

V

• Adriene K. Veninger (born 1958), artist and photographer

W

• Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), remembered for her contributions to advertising photography
• Edith Watson (1861–1943), known for her photojournalistic images of everyday life, working people, and women, particularly in Canada
• Sally Elizabeth Wood (1857–1928), early woman photographer in Quebec's Eastern Townships

Y

• Jin-me Yoon (born 1960), South Korean-born multidisciplinary artist, who often works with photography, video and elements of performance

See also

• List of women photographers