List of French photographers

This is a list of photographers who were born in France 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.

See also: List of French artists § French photographers

A

• Carole Achache (1952–2016)
• Olympe Aguado (1827–1894)
• Jacques Alexandre (born 1944)
• Georges-Louis Arlaud (1869–1944)
• Hippolyte Arnoux
• Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 1946)
• Eugène Atget (1857–1927)
• Alan Aubry (born 1974)

B

• Edouard Baldus (1813–1889)
• Bruno Barbey (1941–2020)
• Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007)
• Hippolyte Bayard (1807–1887)
• Alfred Beau (1829–1907)
• Christophe Beauregard (born 1966)
• Laurent Benaïm (born 1965)
• Gilles Bensimon (born 1944)
• Pierre Berdoy (born 1936)
• Laurent Biancani (1933-2003)
• Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1826–1900)
• Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (1802–1872)
• Félix Bonfils (1831–1885)
• Edouard Boubat (1923–1999)
• Alexandra Boulat (1962–2007), photographer
• Jacques Bourboulon (born 1946)
• Mohamed Bourouissa (born 1978)
• Jean-Christian Bourcart (born 1960)
• Guy Bourdin (1928–1991)
• Adeline Boutain (1862–1946), photographer, postcard publisher
• Bruno Braquehais (1823–1875)
• Brassaï (1899–1984), Hungarian-born French photographer
• Adolphe Braun (1812–1877)
• Serge Brunier (born 1958)
• Jean-Marc Bustamante (born 1952)

C

• Bernard Cahier (1927–2008)
• Claude Cahun (1894–1954)
• Sophie Calle (born 1953), photographer and other media
• Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
• Jean Chamoux (1925–2007)
• Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (1921–2004)
• Désiré Charnay (1828–1915)
• Germaine Chaumel (1895–1982)
• Clark and Pougnaud, art duo composed of photographer and painter
• Antoine Claudet (1797–1867)
• Paul de Cordon (1908–1998)

D

• Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787–1851)
• Luc Delahaye (born 1962)
• Édouard Delessert (1828–1898), painter, archaeologist and photographer
• Patrick Demarchelier (1943–2022)
• Thomas Devaux (born 1980)
• André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889)
• Louis-Camille d'Olivier (1827–1873)
• Robert Doisneau (1912–1994), photographer
• Pierre Dubreuil (1872–1944), photographer
• Maxime Du Camp (1822–1894)
• Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron (1837–1920)
• Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu (1800–1874)
• Raymond Depardon (Born 1942)

E

• Philippe Echaroux (born 1983)
• Wilfrid Esteve (born 1968)

F

• Antoine Fauchery (1823–1861)
• Bernard Faucon (born 1950)
• Flore (born 1963), French-Spanish photographer and daughter of the painter Olga Gimeno
• Hércules Florence (1804–1879)
• Fernand Fonssagrives (1910–2003)
• Vincent Fournier (born 1970), Burkina Faso-born Paris-based photographer
• Auguste François (1857–1935)
• Charles Fréger (born 1975), portrait photographer
• Jean-Baptiste Frénet (1814–1889)

G

• Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931)
• Léon Gimpel (1873–1948)
• Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804–1892)
• André Giroux (1801–1879)
• Jean-Pierre Gilson (born 1948)
• Jean-Paul Goude (born 1938), French graphic designer, illustrator, photographer
• Vincent Goutal (born 1971)
• Yohann Gozard (born 1977)
• Olivier Grunewald (born 1959)
• Emile Gsell (1838–1879)

H

• Lucien Hervé (1910–2007), Hungarian-born French photographer
• Henri Huet (1927–1971)

I

• Dominique Issermann (born 1947)
• Jules Itier (1802–1877)

J

• Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (1798–1865)
• Jean-François Jonvelle (born 1943)
• Valérie Jouve (born 1964), photographer, filmmaker

L

• Eric Lafforgue (born 1964)
• Suzanne Lafont (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
• Frédéric Lagrange
• John Launois (1928–2002), photojournalist
• Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986)
• Louis Legrand
• Gustave Le Gray (1820–1884)
• Henri Le Secq (1818–1882)
• Ange Leccia (born 1952), photographer, filmmaker
• Jean-François Lepage (born 1960), photographer
• Auguste and Louis Lumière
• Serge Lutens (born 1942)

M

• Dolorès Marat (born 1944)
• Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904)
• Charles Marville (1816–1879)
• Pascal Meunier (born 1966)
• Jean-Baptiste Mondino (born 1949)
• Bruno de Monès (born 1952)
• Sarah Moon (born 1941)
• Vincent Munier (born 1976
• René Maltête (Born 1930)

N

• Nadar (1820–1910)
• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), inventor of photography

O

• Dani Olivier (born 1969)
• André Ostier (1906–1994)

P

• Gilles Peress (born 1946)
• Pierre et Gilles, photography duo
• Jean Philippe Piter (born 1968)
• Bernard Plossu (born 1945)
• Michel Poivert (born 1965), photography historian, president of Société française de photographie
• Kate Polin (born 1967)
• Herman Puig (1928–2021), Cuban-born photographer and filmmaker
• Constant Puyo (1857–1933)

R

• Réhahn (born 1979)
• Gérard Rancinan (born 1953)
• Henri-Victor Regnault (1810–1878)
• Bettina Rheims (born 1952), photographer
• Marc Riboud (1923–2016), photographer
• Olivier Roller (born 1972)
• Dominique Roman (1824–1911)
• Willy Ronis (1910–2009), photographer
• Georges Rousse (born 1947), photographer

S

• Lise Sarfati (born 1958), photographer
• Jean-Louis Schoellkopf (born 1946), photographer
• Stéphane Sednaoui (born 1963)
• Jeanloup Sieff (1933–2000)
• Camille Silvy (1834–1910)
• Hedi Slimane (born 1968)
• Albert Spaggiari (1932–1989)
• Christine Spengler (born 1945)
• Alex Strohl (born 1989)

T

• Chloé Tallot (born 1973)
• Antoine Tempé (born 1960)
• Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (1866–1951), photographer and military officer
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (born 1951)
• Natalia Turine (born 1964)

V

• Pierre de Vallombreuse (born 1962)
• Benedicte Van der Maar (born 1968)
• Xavier Veilhan (born 1963), photographer, other media
• Jean-Marie Villard (1828–1899)
• Jean-Michel Voge (born 1949)
• Franck Vogel (born 1977)

W

• Evrard Wendenbaum (born 1979)
• Albert Willecomme (1900–1971)
• Wols (1913–1951), German photographer who worked in France

Y

• Muammer Yilmaz

Z

• Patrick Zachmann (born 1955)

See also

• List of French women photographers
• List of photographers