List of Australian women photographers

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

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A
  • Narelle Autio (born 1969), photojournalist working first in Europe and the USA before returning to Australia in 1998 as staff photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald[1]

B
  • Sarah Bahbah, photographic artist, with large Instagram following
  • Euphemia Eleanor Baker (aka Effie Baker) (1880–1968), photographer of Australian wildflowers and Bahá'í Faith
  • Polly Borland (born 1959), now living in England, known both for her portraits of famous Australians and for several series of stylized portraits
  • Pat Brassington (born 1942), Tasmanian photographer and digital artist.
  • Kate Breakey (born 1957), visual artist creating large-scale, hand-colored photographs.
  • Harriet Brims (1864–1939), pioneer commercial photographer in Queensland.
  • Jane Burton (born 1966), Melbourne-based photographer.[2]

C
  • Emily Florence Cazneau (1855–1892), mother of Harold, see List of New Zealand women photographers
  • Alex Cearns, animal photography
  • Sarah Chinnery (1887–1970), photographer and diarist
  • Peta Clancy (born 1970), photographic artist exploring histories of colonisation, hidden or obscured histories, First Nations histories
  • Suzanna Clarke (born 1961), see List of New Zealand women photographers
  • Christine Cornish (born 1946), photographer, geometric imagery addressing perception and knowledge
  • Olive Cotton (1911–2003), modernist photographer working in the 1930s and 1940s in Sydney, receiving commissions from the publisher Sidney Ure Smith
  • Virginia Coventry (born 1942), photographer of environmental protests
  • Brenda L Croft (born 1965), First Nations artist, writer and curator drawing on familial and public archives to explore Indigenous histories and experiences[3]

D
  • Destiny Deacon (born 1957), Queensland photographer of indigenous culture[4]
  • Lillian Dean (c.1899–1980), Northern Territory photographer and local politician
  • Maggie Diaz (1925–2016), American-born photographer, noted for her 1950s Chicago Collection
  • Marian Drew (born 1960), photographic artist exploring the plight of Australian wildlife, landscape, European visual traditions and the natural world

E
  • Sandy Edwards (born 1948), documentary photographer and curator of photography, known for personal approach to documentary
  • Mireille Eid (Astore) (born 1961), Lebanese-born Australian artist and photographer
  • Odette England (born 1975)
  • Joyce Evans (1929–2019), opened the first commercial photo gallery in Melbourne, later working herself in portraiture and landscapes, taught history of photography

F
  • Merilyn Fairskye (born 1950), photographic artist, exploring links between technology, community and place
  • Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographic artist
  • Sue Ford (1943–2009), celebrated photographer of social life, known for her personal approach to her subjects[5]

G

H
  • Liz Ham (born 1975), Sydney-based photographer of urban life, fashion, music and politics, also known for book Punk Girls[6]
  • C. Moore Hardy (born 1955), Sydney-based photographer, documenting the Sydney queer community since the late 1970s
  • Ponch Hawkes (born 1946), Melbourne-based photographer
  • Merris Hillard (born 1949), printmaker and photographer
  • Ruth Hollick (1883–1977), Melbourne-based portrait and fashion photographer[7]

J
  • Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), explored issues of sexuality, youth, identity and mortality

K
  • Bronwyn Kidd (born 1969), fashion, magazine and portrait photographer

L

M
  • Wendy McDougall (born 1961), NSW based photographer and artist, works as a music photographer and in other creative industries, and has exhibited her work since 1984
  • Ruth Maddison (born 1945), explores themes of relationships, communities and families
  • Barbara McGrady (born 1950), photographer
  • Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), see Poland
  • Tracey Moffatt (born 1960), explores issues of sexuality, history, representation and race[8]
  • May and Mina Moore (May 1881–1931; Mina 1882–1957), New Zealand-born Australian portrait photographers[9]
  • Hedda Morrison (1908–1991), see Germany

N
  • June Newton (born 1923), photographs under the pseudonym Alice Springs

P

R
  • Bronwyn Rennex, photographer known for haunting cyanotypes and portraits

S
  • Rebecca Shanahan, NSW-based artist and photographer
  • Rose Simmonds (1877–1960), British-born Queensland photographer and member of the Pictorialism movement[10]
  • Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), fine-art photographer
  • Ruby Spowart (born 1928), photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Robyn Stacey (born 1952), camera obscura photographs, evocative still life using historical collections

V
  • Justine Varga (born 1984), photographic artist, abstract work using analogue processes
  • Beverley Veasey (born 1968), photographic artist, animals and plants in stark white environment

Y
  • Jessica Yeh, photographer and violinist

Z
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See also

References
  1. Trent Parke and Narelle Autio, The Seventh Wave, Kirribilli, NSW: Hot Chilli Press, 2000; Michael Fitzgerald, Narelle Autio and Trent Parke: 'To the sea', Photofile, No. 93, spring / Summer 2013: 56-61.'
  2. Jane Burton and Ingrid Periz, Jane Burton: other stories, Balaclava, Victoria: M.33, 2011.
  3. Brenda L. Croft, "Blak Lik Mi." Art and Australia 31, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 63-67; Brenda L. Croft, "Still in My Mind: An Exploration of Practice-Led Experimental Research in Progress." Cultural Studies Review 21, no. 1 (March 2015): 230-48; Larissa Behrendt, "Brenda Croft: Subalter/N/Ative Dreams." In Subalter/N/Ative Dreams, edited by Brenda Croft. Paddington: Stills Gallery, 2016.
  4. Brenda L. Croft and Destiny Deacon, In My Father’s House and Postcards from Mummy. Sydney: Australian Centre of Photography, 1998.
  5. Maggie Finch et al, Sue Ford 1943-2009, Melbourne, Vic.: National Gallery of Victoria, 2014.
  6. "PUNK GIRLS". www.manuscriptdaily.com.
  7. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hollick-ruth-miriam-10521
  8. Tracey Moffatt and Gerald Matt, "An Interview with Tracey Moffatt." In Tracey Moffatt, edited by Paula Savage and Lara Strongman. Wellington: City Gallery Wellington, 2002; Tracey Moffatt and Brigitte Reinhardt, Tracey Moffatt: Laudanum, Ostfildern Germany: Hatje Cantz, 1999; Tracey Moffatt, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003.
  9. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-minnie-louise-mina-7803
  10. Melissa Miles, The Language of Light and Dark: Light and Place in Australian Photography, Sydney: Power Publications, 2015, pp. 66-70.
  11. Anne Zahalka, Hall of mirrors: Anne Zahalka, portraits 1987-2007, Fitzroy: Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2007.

Bibliography
  • Ennis, Helen. "1970s Photographic Practice: A Homogenous View?" Photofile 4, no. 1 (Autumn 1986): 12-15.
  • Hall, Barbara and Jenni Mather. Australian Women Photographers: 1840-1960. Richmond: Greenhouse, 1986.
  • Moore, Catriona. Indecent Exposures: Twenty Years of Australian Feminist Photography. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1994.
  • Newton, Gael. “The Movement of Women.” Art and Australia 33, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 62–9.

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