This is a list of women photographers who were born in Germany or whose works are closely associated with that country.
A Louise Abel (1841–1907), German-born Norwegian photographer Gertrud Arndt (1903–2000), created self-portraits from around 1930 Ursula Arnold (1929–2012), street scenes in Berlin and Leipzig during the German Democratic Republic Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), see United States
B Tina Bara (born 1962), freelance artistic photographer Uta Barth (born 1958), art photography Carla Bartheel (1902–1983), film actress and photographer Hilla Becher (1934–2015), together with her brother Bernd, produced typologies of industrial buildings and structures Bertha Beckmann (1815–1901), possibly Germany's first professional woman photographer Katharina Behrend (1888–1973), see Netherlands Sibylle Bergemann (1941–2010), chronicler of social life in East Germany Ella Bergmann-Michel (1896–1971), abstract painter, photographer, filmmaker Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006), German-born American lesbian photographer Emilie Bieber (1810–1884), pioneer who opened a studio in Hamburg as early as 1852 Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), of the New Objectivity movement Ilse Bing (1899–1998), versatile photographer (fashion, architecture, etc.) from the 1920s to the 1950s, often using remarkable compositions Anna Blume (1937–2011), staged photographs and installations, often depicting herself and her husband Bernhard Dorothy Bohm (1924–2023), see United Kingdom Jenny Bossard-Biow (1813 – after 1858), possibly the first woman in Germany to have made daguerreotypes Marianne Breslauer (1909–2001), active in the early 1930s Käthe Buchler (1876–1930), documented WWI in Braunschweig, Germany Traude Bührmann (born 1942), writer, journalist, photographer
C Gladys Chai von der Laage (born 1953), sports photographer Rosemarie Clausen (1907–1990), theatre and portrait photographer
D Wanda von Debschitz-Kunowski (1870–1935), portrait photographer, educator Andrea Diefenbach (born 1974), documentary photographer Minya Diez-Dührkoop (1873–1929), professional photographer with a studio in Berlin
E Frauke Eigen (born 1969), photographer of the aftermath of war in Kosovo
F Claudia Fährenkemper (born 1959), landscape photographer Gertrude Fehr (1895–1996), did solarisation photos Gisèle Freund (1908–2000), see France
G Yishay Garbasz (born 1970), interdisciplinary artist in large format, photographer. Marie Goslich (1859–1936), photographer of social issues, etc., for magazines Sophia Goudstikker (1865–1924), portraitist and women's rights activist Liselotte Grschebina (1908–1994), see Israel Julia Gunther (born 1979), documentary photographer
H Lisel Haas (1898–1989), German-born Jewish photographer who moved to Britain Esther Haase (born 1966), photographer, film director Elisabeth Hase (1905–1991), commercial and documentary photographer Alma Haser (born 1989), portrait photographer Sandra Hastenteufel (born 1966), contemporary artist, photographer Roswitha Hecke (born 1944), photojournalist Annemarie Heinrich (1912–2005), see Argentina Nanna Heitmann (born 1994) Lotte Herrlich (1883–1956), photographer of naturism during the 1920s Juliane Herrmann (born 1989), photographer curating photography exhibitions Hannah Höch (1889–1978), pioneer of photomontage, participated in the Dada movement Marta Hoepffner (1912–2000), artist, photographer Candida Höfer (born 1944), highly precise large-format depictions of guest workers in Germany, interiors, zoos, capturing the psychology of social architecture Sabine Hornig (born 1964), photographer and contemporary artist depicting architecture and urban life Walde Huth (1923–2011), fashion photographer
J Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990), initially family photography, then shots of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, from 1935 studio in Manhattan, portraits of celebrities Charlotte Joël (c. 1882–1943), Jewish portrait photographer Genja Jonas (1895-1938), portrait photographer
K Ingeborg Kahlenberg (1920–1996), photographer for the Dutch resistance Johanna Keimeyer (born 1982), photographer, artist Annette Kelm (born 1975), contemporary artist, photographer Astrid Kirchherr (1938–2020), photographed the Beatles before they became famous Emma Kirchner (1830–1909), trained in Leipzig, moved to Netherlands as first woman photographer in Delft area Barbara Klemm (active 1959–2004), press photographer Herlinde Koelbl (born 1939, photographer, portraits, projects with sociological context Katrin Korfmann (born 1971), fine art photographer Monika Kropshofer (born 1952), painter, photographer Germaine Krull (1897–1985), photographer, activist Marie Kundt (1870–1932), photographer, educator
L Lisa Larsen (1925–1959), pioneering woman photojournalist Erna Lendvai-Dircksen (1883–1962), photographer of rural individuals, collected in books that sold well in the Nazi period Esther Levine (born 1970), urban and street photography Alice Lex-Nerlinger (1893–1975), artist in the media of painting, photography, photomontage and photograms Annelise Löffler (1914–2000), active in the world of dance Barbara Luisi (fl 2000s), photographer and musician Loretta Lux (born 1969), fine art photographer known for surreal portraits of young children Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967), photographer of night scenes
M Melanie Manchot (born 1966), specializes in photographs of people in public, sometimes inviting them to undress Jeanne Mandello (1907–2001), modern experimental photographer, studio in Paris, later moved to South America Anne Menke (born 1967), German-born editorial photographer, based in New York Hansel Mieth (1909–1998), see United States Lucia Moholy (1894–1989), see Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic Hedda Morrison (1908–1991), early photographs of Peking, Hong Kong and Sarawak, later lived and exhibited in Australia
N Cathleen Naundorf (born 1968), artist and photographer Anja Niedringhaus (1965–2014), photojournalist, Pulitzer Prize winner Simone Nieweg (born 1962), landscape photographer Margret Nissen (born 1938), photographer of architecture Sonya Noskowiak (1900–1975), German-American photographer
O Hildegard Ochse (1935–1997), freelance photographer, educator Li Osborne (1883–1968), German-born British photographer and sculptor
P Helga Paris (1938–2024), photographer specializing in East-German street scenes Angelika Platen (born in 1942), portrait photographer Bettina Pousttchi (born 1971), German-Iranian sculptor, photographer, filmmaker Barbara Probst (born 1964), contemporary artist, photographer Anne-Katrin Purkiss (born 1959), portrait photographer
R Katja Rahlwes (born 1967), fashion photographer Elfriede Reichelt (1883–1953), fine art photographer Claudia Reinhardt (born 1964), contemporary photographer Regina Relang (1906–1989), fashion photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021), art photographer active in social documentary photography Ursula Richter (1886–1946), dance and theatre photography in Dresden Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), film director and dancer who also published photos of the Nuba tribes in Sudan and, later, marine life Frieda Riess (1890–c. 1955), German portrait photographer in the 1920s with a studio in central Berlin Tata Ronkholz (1940–1997) Hildegard Rosenthal (1913–1990), German photographer who became a photojournalist and a noted photographer after her emigration to Brazil.
S Eva Sandberg-Xiao (1911–2001), photographer in Russia and China Thyra Schmidt (born 1974), art photography and new media artist Stefanie Schneider (born 1968), photographer of the American west Ursula Schulz-Dornburg (born 1938), photographer in black and white Gundula Schulze Eldowy (born 1954), art photographer Hanni Schwarz (born ), nude and portrait photographer Else Seifert (1879–1968), architectural photographer Heji Shin (born 1976), art and fashion photographer Katharina Sieverding (born 1944), self-portraitist Annegret Soltau (born 1946), stitched photomontages of the human body Grete Stern (1904–1999), see Argentina Liselotte Strelow (1908–1981), employed by Kodak
T Gerda Taro (1910–1937), early female war photographer, remembered for her coverage of the Spanish Civil War, especially Valencia, published in Life and Illustrated London News Elsa Thiemann (1910–1981), street photographer who trained at the Bauhaus Abisag Tüllmann (1935–1996), photojournalist
U Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), photographer of erotic femininity
V Jutta Vialon (1917–2004), based in Bremen Christa Frieda Vogel (born 1960), documentary photographer
W Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), Germany's first professional female photographer with a studio in Leipzig from 1843 Anna Werner (born 1941), associated with Der Harem Marianne Wex (1937–2020), feminist photographer and author Ruth Wilhelmi (1904–1977), stage photographer Madeline Winkler-Betzendahl (1899–1995), fashion and stage photographer Anne Winterer (1894–1938), studio in Düsseldorf, portraits, industrial subjects Ursula Wolff Schneider (1906–1977), photographer and photojournalist
Y Yva (1900–), German Jewish photographer, multiple exposed images
Z Bertha Zillessen (1872–1936) Bettina von Zwehl (born 1971), portrait photographer, based in London
See also List of women photographers