List of New Zealand women photographers explained

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

B

• Janet Bayly (born 1955), photographer, curator and gallery director^[1]
• Rhondda Bosworth (born 1944), photographer and artist
• Alice Brusewitz, commercial photographer
• Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), photographer and studio owner

C

• Norah Carter (1881–1966), studios in Christchurch and Gisborne
• Gillian Chaplin (born 1948), photographic artist and curator
• Fiona Clark (born 1954), photographer
• Suzanna Clarke (born 1961), photographer, photojournalist, writer
• Emily Florence Cazneau (c. 1861–1892), Wellington photographer^[2]
• Harriet Sophia Cobb (1855–1929), Hawkes Bay photographer and studio owner
• Norah Carter (1881–1966), New Zealand photographer, photographic studio owner and painter

D

• Judy Darragh (born 1957), sculptor, assemblage artist, photographer, painter
• Eileen Olive Deste (1908–1986), British-born New Zealand photographer

F

• Nellie Ferner (1869–1930), artist, photographer, community leader
• Rosaline Margaret Frank (1864–1954), early female photographer
• Marti Friedlander (1928–2016), Jewish immigrant, social activist, photographed children and Maori women

G

• Eunice Harriett Garlick (1883–1951), landscapes and Maori studies
• Elizabeth Greenwood (1873–1961), Wellington photographer^[3]

H

• Gil Hanley (born 1934), photographer
• Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998), studio in Auckland, portraitist
• Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), contemporary painter, photographer, based in London
• Alyson Hunter (born 1948), photographer and print maker based in London

K

• Thelma Rene Kent (1899–1946), early female photographer
• Marion Kirker (1879–1971), New Zealand photographer

L

• Eliza Elizabeth Leaf (c. 1818 – 1908), New Zealand photographer

M

• Ruth McDowall (born 1984), photographer, photojournalist, educator, working in central Nigeria
• May and Mina Moore (1881–1931, 1882–1957), photographer
• Margaret Moth (1951–2010), photojournalist with CNN

N

• Robina Nicol (1861–1942), photographer
• Anne Noble (born 1954), series related to religion and family members

P

• Fiona Pardington (born 1961), artistic photographer, educator
• Elizabeth Pulman (1836–1900), New Zealand's first female photographer, studio in Auckland

S

• Marie Shannon (born 1960), photographer and educator
• Ann Shelton (born 1967), photojournalist, fine arts photographer, educator

T

• Roberta Thornley (born 1985), portraits from Rwanda
• Yvonne Todd (born 1973), contemporary photographer
• Mabel Tustin (1884–1967), photographer and studio owner^[4]

U

• Jane Ussher (born 1953), portraitist, images of Antarctica

W

• Christine Webster (born 1958), visual artist and photographer
• Ans Westra (1936–2023), Dutch-born New Zealand studio and documentary photographer, Māori images
• Margaret Matilda White (1868–1910), Irish-born New Zealand photographer^[5]

Y

• Adele Younghusband (1878–1969), painter, photographer

See also

• List of women photographers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bosworth. Rhondda. 1979. Exhibitions Auckland. 2021-06-19. www.art-newzealand.com.
2. Web site: Copy of a portrait of a woman, inscribed Geggel 6. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. en. 2018-09-15.
3. Web site: Portrait of a young woman. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. en. 2018-09-15.
4. Web site: Mabel Tustin. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. en. 2018-09-16.
5. Web site: Recovering Pieces: Finding an early history of women and photography in New Zealand. Mitchell. Lissa. November 2015. Enjoy Public Art Gallery. 2018-09-15.