The search for inspiration is something that any artist has to deal with, which is why it is so necessary to soak up the work of others. Today I bring you a list of 100 female photographers, yes, female photographers. We have another list of 100 photographers (men and women) on the blog, but the female presence in this list was not too abundant, neither in this nor in any of the ones you find on the net.
And I firmly believe (sorry, my most feminist part has come out ? ) that there are many famous photographers in the world who deserve to be known and recognized. Many are missing, of course, and some aren't exactly current, which doesn't mean they haven't earned a spot on this list. Are they the best? Not necessarily, there will be better ones (I invite you to expand the list in the comments), but the ones that are deserved their place and expanding the article seemed excessive to me;). What is clear is that these people who love photography have a lot to offer you, whether you are a man or a woman. Are you going to miss it?
FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT WILL FILL YOU WITH INSPIRATION
- Cristina Garcia Rodero. Our most internationally known photographer, with an excellent career behind her and a unique look. The only Spanish who has entered the Magnum agency.
- Amy Carroll.You will immediately fall in love with their animal photos.
- Jamie Beechum.Travel photographer who captures images wrapped in a very soft light but full of strength and life.
- Elena Shumilova.Specialized in children and family photography. What she does with light is impressive.
Elena Shumilova - Maggie Steber.He has collaborated with the most prestigious magazines and received great awards. He has worked in more than 64 countries photographing from a social, cultural and humanitarian point of view.
- Anna Jones.Aesthetics and light. Weddings and much more.
- Aurora Lettuce.Spanish wedding photographer whose work is full of magic and spontaneity.
- Annie Leibovitz. Although she is known for photographing celebrities, her work is admirable.
- Sally Man.An uncensored photographer. Her intimate work is very interesting and with a great message where she photographs her life and her family.
sally mann - Masumi Hayashi. Do not miss his work of panoramic collages that are an invitation to question the reality and society in which we live.
- Anne Geddes.Whether you like his style more or less, it must be recognized that his work has been very inspiring for many photographers and it is worth noting that he has sold almost twenty million copies of his books around the world.
- Gerda Tardo. She is behind the firm of Robert Capa along with his partner Endre Ernö Friedmann. He is credited with many of her photographs. She was the first female photographer to be on the front lines of a war. She had to share this story ?
- Marie Hennechart.Travel photographer.
- Lynsey Addario. Photojournalist in armed conflicts and Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Ellen VonUnwerth. Specialized in female eroticism.
- Elena Kalis.Wonderful and unforgettable underwater photographs.
Elena Kalis - Kitra Kahana.Documentary photographer who joined a community of young nomads for months and created the Nomadic project .
- Jodi Cobb.Driven by her curious and adventurous nature, she has specialized in important issues of global interest, such as the slavery of the s. XXI. She is one of the very few women who have been part of the National Geographic staff. She shows a very intimate way of photographing.
- Yulia Taits.His project on albino people "Porcelain Beauty" is super inspiring.
- Ruth Bernhard.He began photographing nude women in 1934. His work is intimate and delicate.
ruth bernhard - Valie Export.Pioneering artist in analyzing gender politics. Her work addresses issues such as identity, sex and the body as a mode of expression and language.
- Shirín Neshat. One of the most representative artists of Iranian art. Her work is characterized by the treatment of the condition of women, mainly in contemporary Islamic societies.
shirin neshat - Summer Murdock.You will fall in love with his work in black and white as much as in color.
- Juana Biarnes. First Spanish photojournalist who fled from the pink sensationalism of photojournalism . A photographer always against the current.
- Cristina de Middel. With his very own vision of photography, his series Los afronautas, which criticizes the stigmatization of Africa by the media, placed it in the forefront of international photography.
- Marina Gondra. Beautiful surreal work by this Spanish photographer who invites you to dream.
- Ouka Leele.Well-known photographer of the Madrid Movida , her characteristic black and white photographs hand-painted with watercolor stand out, among others.
ouka leele - Ernestine Rubén. His work on nudes is unmissable.
- Niki Bon.Although she considers herself an amateur photographer, her work is priceless. She is gifting her children with a life away from technology in rural New Zealand and at the same time, a wonderful series of photographs that you will enjoy too.
Niki Bon - Elizabeth Messina. Weddings and Boudoir Photography with supreme elegance.
- Imogen Cunningham.Impossible to define it so briefly. She is one of the most influential people in the history of photography.
Imogen Cunningham - Martha Everest. His portraits have enormous power and he has a series of photographs that simulate oil paintings.
Martha Everest - Stephanie Sinclair.Photojournalist who, through his work, aims to denounce human rights violations in the world, especially against women.
- Amy Toensing.National Geographic photographer who tells stories in each of her images.
- Ariana Lindquist. World Press Photo winning travel photographer.
- Charo Ten.Another amateur mom who has a lot to teach us. With an unmistakable style, her black and white is impressive, but when she decides on color, she is also captivating. She has a very fun series of backgrounds with her children ( #wallpaper_series) that surely inspires you.
- Penny de los Santos.Travel and gastronomic culture photographer .
- Anna Aden.Swedish photographer whose images, both indoors and outdoors, evoke dreams and magic.
anna aden - Elena Anosova. He has won the second prize of this year's World Press in the "Daily Life" category, don't miss his series of portraits as it is very powerful and manages to connect in a very intense and dramatic way.
- Lynn Johnson.Photojournalist who, despite his work in big magazines and with major celebrities, favors the emotional stories of ordinary people. She dominates color as well as black and white.
Lynn Johnson - Inge Morath.In the words of Arthur Miller: "His photographs are the product of his subjective celebration of life in any of its possible permutations." Do not miss his work.
- Tina Wright. Recognized as one of the best wedding photographers for the emotion she captures.
- Nan Goldin.As criticized as praised, she is a hyperrealist photographer. She is a pioneer and creator of the "antiglamour" documentary genre.
- Cindy Sherman.His self-narrative stagings that constitute a cultural critique stand out. Will not leave you indifferent.
- Beverly Joubert. African wildlife specialist.
- Angelica Glass.Wedding photographer looking for spontaneity and unusual compositions.
Angelica Glass - Bieke Deporter.Belgian photographer who tries to reflect the intimate moments of the lives of ordinary people in their own homes and achieves it with unusual beauty.
- Carolyn Drake.He has documented for years Central Asian cultures and life in the Xinjiang region of western China.
- Patrizia Savarese. One of the best rock photographers of the 80s.
- Sharon Johnston.Macro photography of nature.
- Greta Buyse. Specialist in the combination of female nudes with architectural elements.
- Mariela Apollonio.Spanish architectural photographer.
- Venice Dearden.Travel photographer.
- Mabel Jover. Nature and travel photographer.
- Rebecca Saray. Spanish fashion photographer and digital retouching. She is idealistic and dreamy, something that she clearly conveys in her images.
- Valery Melnikov. This year's World Press Photo winning photojournalist.
- Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi. A very young photographer who will give a lot to talk about.
- Amber Bracken. Another of this year's World Press winners.
- Lara Jade.An international fashion.
- Kathryn Kruger. If you are looking for inspiration for wedding photography, do not miss his work.
Kathryn Kruger - Ana Retamero .Photographer and biologist who photographs unique moments of nature in detail.
- Sarah Cheng-De Winne.Represents identities through photography.
- Sue Ford.His work mixes photography with plastic arts.
- Rosana Pita.Specialized in nature photography.
- Hélène Binet.Based in London, he is among the best architectural photographers today.
- Gina Soden.If you are interested in architecture or abandoned locations, don't miss his work.
- Isabel Munoz.Spanish National Photography Award in 2016, she portrays the body with spectacular mastery. She combines social commitment with the pursuit of beauty.
- Olivia Arthur.English whose documentary work stands out for its commitment to the situation of women, mainly their situation in border societies between East and West. She intends to show a vision of her people's character beyond the fact of her obligatory clothing.
- Martine Frank.The photographer who knew how to select the images she wanted to take, a member of the Magnum for many years and founder of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation in Paris.
- Susan Meiselas.His documentary photography is inspiring, but hearing it in person made me love photography more.
- Lucie Debelkova.Travel and landscape photography.
- Diana Marlosian.Documentary photographer, writer and filmmaker of Russian origin.
- Alessandra Sanguinetti. Member of the Magnum, his best known work is " The Adventures of Guille and Belinda".
- Newsha Tavakolian.Iranian photographer who makes documentary works mainly focused on women's issues.
newsha tavakolian - Martha Schmidt. He does newborn , children and family photography. A benchmark in our country. Pure cuteness with a simple and clean style. Personally, what catches me the most are the photos he takes of her daughter in her daily life.
- Jo Metson Scott.British with an elegant and subtle look.
- Fay Godwin.In addition to an excellent series of portraits, he has wonderful abstract landscape work.
- Diana Arbus. Born in 1923, her work is capable of moving you inside.
- Melanie Einzig.Street photographer who knows how to identify the key dramatic moments of any type of event.
- Claire Carter.Landscape photographer.
- Elaine Constantine.Film director and one of the best fashion photographers who changed the way youth is viewed in England, betting on colours, freshness and fun. A very interesting job that has been claimed by the most important firms.
- Holly Andrew.She does in-depth work on the complexities of childhood, the transience of memory, and female introspection. really inspiring.
holly andres - Sea Way. Spanish landscape photographer.
- Muzi Quawson. English photographer who films and photographs exploring the social structures of American culture with color photographs that look like frames taken from a film.
- Jessica Sample.Travel photography, fresh and colorful.
- Marie Takahashi.Based in Tokyo, she specializes in gastronomy, travel and architecture. The images of her are full of light.
- Mona Kuhn.Nude photographer.
- Misha Gravenor. Travel photography.
- Rosa Isabel Vazquez.Spanish nature photographer.
Rosa Isabel Vazquez - Elinor Carucci. Do not miss his Closer series , pure naturalness and spontaneity that do not leave you indifferent.
- Sylvie Blum.Her erotic photographs have a brutal force and with her work she has dedicated herself to empowering the female sex through her nudes.
- Erica Simone.In her work NUE YORK, portraits of a nude citizen , she questions the importance of fashion in modern society by portraying herself naked in the daily activities of New York life.
- Cornelia Adams.Advertising veteran and director of a photography agency.
- Natasha Gudermane. A very personal and disturbing look.
- Paula Boto. Spanish wedding photographer with a very original look.
Paula Boto - Jennifer Hayes. Biologist photojournalist specialized in the aquatic environment.
- Erika Larsen.National Geographic contributor, very interesting, among others, her work resulting from living three years with a Sami people in the Arctic Circle.
- Elizabeth Diez. Nature and landscape photographer. She will hypnotize you.
- Emily Mott.Travel, interior and children photographer.
- Vivian Maier.As a climax, one of my favorites, without a doubt. She was an American nanny who photographed on pure instinct and left one of the most impressive photographic archives in history, an archive that was discovered by chance because it revealed almost no film. She knew how to photograph the beauty of everyday life like no one else.
