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200+ Women Landscape & Nature Photographers Who Inspire

August 25, 2015 Sarah Marino

An important follow-up note: I know this list is not complete. I added many names after initially publishing this post but after receiving more than 200 additional emails with suggestions, I simply cannot keep up. Thus, I will not be making any more additions to this post. If you would like to suggest yourself or someone for inclusion, please add their name and website in the comments below so future readers can learn about them. Thanks for understanding!


Just want to get to the list? Scroll past the text for the compilation of 200+ women landscape and nature photographers with diverse styles and inspiring portfolios. If you happen to be a publisher, photography event planner, podcast host, blogger, or someone with the ability to share excellent photography with others, please use this list to help broaden the circle of the photographers you feature. 

Why a compilation like this?

I will start out by saying that I am generally not a fan of women-only lists because I want my photography to stand on its own. I don’t want to be known as a woman landscape photographer, just a landscape photographer who happens to be a woman. So, why am I writing this post? For the two reasons described below. 

Since I started in landscape photography, this field has noticeably diversified in terms of both race and gender. Significantly more women are pursuing landscape photography (or at least are more visible) and many have developed compelling, top-tier portfolios of work. More women are teaching workshops, running photo tours, writing, showing in galleries, selling prints, and providing leadership within landscape photography. Yet, we continue to be woefully underrepresented at the top levels of this field as evidenced by the overwhelming absence of women in publications, conference/summit/symposia rosters, podcast interviews, portfolio features, brand ambassador line-ups, and other symbols of achievement and relevance in landscape photography. And, when a woman is included, it sometimes feels like little more than a token gesture. 

This dynamic seems to be increasingly frustrating to women photographers and I see more people speaking out about this lack of representation more regularly. Some women are responding with women-only workshops, publications, and collaborative groups to offer alternatives to the "business as usual" spaces in this field where few women are represented. And, photographers concerned about this under-representation are being more vocal in calling it out. 

One recent dust-up, for example, focused on a newly launched landscape photography summit with a 5-day program, 13 instructors, and not a single woman included in the summit schedule as a session leader or instructor. In some online discussions about this summit, a few people made the comment that the organizers probably just do not know where to find women instructors to participate and that such oversights are completely unintentional. While this might be the case, the organizers may not have even stopped to consider how well their line-up of speakers would represent landscape photography as it looks today and how the line-up would resonate with a good portion of their potential participants (i.e. women!). Regardless of the reason, it is demoralizing to see this kind of thing happen over and over again. 

Second, I inadvertently found myself on the wrong side of the exact situation I often feel disappointed about. An editor for a popular photography website asked if I had some recommendations of photographers who do not get as much attention as they should on the site. I spent about ten minutes pulling together a list of some favorite photographers who came to mind first, not knowing (or asking) specifically how the site planned to use the information I shared. I did not include any women in my suggestions, primarily because of my perception that the first few who came to mind already have a strong presence on the site. A few days later they presented my suggestions as a public list and I immediately felt a pit in my stomach since I had an inadvertent role in promoting the same lack of representation that I find distressing. Had I known that my suggestions were going to be presented as a curated list, I would have made it my top priority to have women well represented. This compilation is offered as a small atonement for that mistake. 

While it might have been true that few women were practicing at the highest levels of landscape photography even just a few years ago, that assessment is simply incorrect now, especially if women are being viewed on the quality of their work and not simply on other old-school metrics of success like awards won, publishing credits, or being deemed “masters of photography” by some third party (or themselves). While the internet has broken down many barriers in this field, some self-perpetuating cycles are keeping women from being better represented beyond self-publication, often due to the practice of only featuring and including those that already-prominent photographers keep in their immediate circle of contacts. 

Since it seems like some publications, conferences, podcast hosts, bloggers, and sponsoring brands have a hard time finding women to feature, I decided to pull together a list of women landscape and nature photographers to serve as a resource – something that might pop up in Google for the event planners and publishers who want to be more representative and inclusive of the increasingly diverse field of landscape and nature photography. This is not a “best of” or “favorites” list. Instead, it is a diverse compilation of women who pursue landscape and nature photography in a serious, committed manner and have interesting photography in many different styles to share. Many are also teachers and writers, likely available to be included in conferences, publications, and interviews if only they would be asked to participate.

The basic criteria I used for this compilation includes:

  1. Women photographers whose primary focus is landscape and nature photography,

  2. Photographers who are advanced hobbyists or working professionals, demonstrating excellence, depth, and consistency in their portfolio, and

  3. An online presence with a portfolio that can be linked here.

200+ Inspiring Women Landscape & Nature Photographers

  1. Jennifer Adler

  2. Karine Aigner

  3. Sarah Alsayegh

  4. Lace Anderson

  5. Christina Angquico

  6. Ellen Anon

  7. Joye Ardyn Durham

  8. Mary-Liz Austin

  9. Erin Babnik

  10. Valda Bailey

  11. Candace Bartlett

  12. Sandra Bartocha

  13. Linda Bembridge

  14. Sue Bishop

  15. Robin Black

  16. Mieke Boynton

  17. Victoria Braden

  18. Connie Bransilver

  19. Crystal Brindle

  20. Susan Brown

  21. Charlene Burge

  22. Barbara Burkhardt

  23. Alice Cahill

  24. Marina Cano

  25. Athena Carey

  26. Elizabeth Carmel

  27. Sophie Carr

  28. Samantha Chrysanthou

  29. Angela Classen

  30. Kathleen Clemons

  31. Rachel Cohen

  32. Cat Connor

  33. Alexis Coram

  34. Beate Dalbec

  35. April Dautlich

  36. Jean Day

  37. Patricia Davidson

  38. Lucie Debelcova

  39. Jacqueline Deely

  40. Heather Diamond

  41. Emily Dickey

  42. Isabel Diez

  43. Mimi Ditchie

  44. Helen Dixon

  45. Jennifer Dominguez

  46. Arwen Dyer

  47. Laura Dyer

  48. Dorcas Eatch

  49. Donna Eaton

  50. Alena Ebeling-Schuld

  51. LeeAnne Emrick

  52. Suzi Eszterhas

  53. Laurie Excell

  54. Ruth Fairbrother

  55. Alyson Fennell

  56. Julie Fletcher

  57. Hillary Fox

  58. Caroline Fraser

  59. Karen Frenkel

  60. Sarah Frigeri

  61. Franka Gabler

  62. Elizabeth Gadd

  63. Kate Garabaldi

  64. Joan Gentry

  65. Charlotte Gibb

  66. Daisy Gilardini

  67. Charlotte Gilliat

  68. Lydia Goetze

  69. Jen Gould

  70. Julia Anna Gospodarou

  71. Michéla Griffith

  72. Annie Griffiths

  73. Lori Grimmett

  74. Ruth Grindrod

  75. Melissa Groo

  76. Carolyn Guild*

  77. Amy Gulick

  78. Morgan Heim

  79. Viktoria Haack

  80. Orsolya Haarberg

  81. Fran Halsall

  82. Cheryl Hamer

  83. Sarah Hatton

  84. Jaymi Heimbuch

  85. Jessica Hendelmann

  86. Lori Hibbett

  87. Eva Ho

  88. Susan Holt

  89. Della Huff

  90. Deborah Hughes

  91. Karen Hutton

  92. Denise Ippolito

  93. Annabell Ison

  94. Rebecca Jackrel*

  95. Janne Jatawa

  96. Cindy Jeannon

  97. Alison Jones

  98. Jessica Johnson

  99. Jo Johnson

  100. Shannon Kalahan

  101. Kendra Karr

  102. Mary Kay

  103. Dorothy Kerper Monnelly

  104. Jennifer Khordi

  105. Ronda Kimbrow

  106. Lori Kincaid

  107. Jennifer King

  108. Angela King-Jones

  109. Jessica Kirste

  110. Elle Kriser

  111. Marianthi Lainas

  112. Angela Jayne Latham

  113. Linda Lantzy

  114. Jeanie Lazenby

  115. Barb Lee

  116. Dani Lefrancois

  117. Kristal Leonard

  118. Marianne Lim

  119. Piper Mackay

  120. Shawn Malone

  121. Sarah Marino

  122. Sarah Martinet

  123. Suzanne Mathia

  124. Lara Matthews

  125. Susan McConnell

  126. Eva McDermott

  127. Astrid McGechan

  128. Anne McKinnell

  129. Cynthia Mead

  130. Sarah Medway

  131. Aleks Miesak

  132. Dene’ Miles

  133. Jody Miller

  134. Valerie Millett

  135. Colleen Miniuk-Sperry

  136. Beata Moore

  137. Vidya Narasimhan

  138. Kellie Netherwood

  139. Georgie Ng

  140. Monica Noll

  141. Heike Odermatt

  142. Mari Owen

  143. Angela Pan

  144. Varina Patel

  145. Dee Ann Pederson

  146. Kathleen Pickard

  147. Carey Plemmons

  148. Eva Plummer

  149. Ana Pogacar

  150. Verena Popp-Hackner

  151. Kari Post

  152. Eleanor Preger

  153. Jackie Ranken

  154. Vanda Ralevska

  155. Helminadia Ranford

  156. Sapna Reddy

  157. Carla Regler

  158. Michelle Rojas

  159. Jenny Ross

  160. Nancy Rotenberg*

  161. Laurie Rubin

  162. Anne Rusk

  163. Aslinah Safar

  164. Gabby Salazar

  165. Deborah Sandige

  166. Sandra Schänzer

  167. Krista Schlyer

  168. Camille Seaman

  169. Betty Sederquist

  170. Wendy Shattil

  171. Perri Schelat

  172. Kristel Schneider

  173. Lizzie Shepherd

  174. Denise Silva

  175. Kate Silvia

  176. Mel Sinclair

  177. Sarah Sisson

  178. Misja Smits

  179. Karmen Smolnikar

  180. Deb Snelson

  181. Michele Sons

  182. Becky Spiker

  183. Darcie Sternenberg

  184. Rebecca Sullivan

  185. Elisabeth Summer

  186. Isabel Synnatschke

  187. Rachel Talibart

  188. Jaclyn Tanemura

  189. Susan Taylor

  190. Brenda Tharp

  191. Patricia Thomas

  192. Ellie Tyler

  193. Maryanne Trengrove

  194. Diane Varner

  195. Laura Vu

  196. Linde Waidhofer

  197. Kathleen Wasselle Croft

  198. Magda Wasiczek

  199. Michele Westmorland

  200. Linda Wevill

  201. Nevada Wier

  202. Betty Wiley

  203. Kristina Wilson

  204. Ireena Worthy

  205. Jennifer Wu

  206. Mei Xu

  207. Nicole Young

  208. Hillary Younger

  209. Laura Zirino

A notable portion of this list comes from Landscapes by Women. Be sure to visit their site to learn more about their contributors and efforts to advance women in landscape photography. You may also be interested in visiting the Female Nature Photography website if this topic is of interest to you. 

*The women with an asterisk by their names have passed away but have portfolios that deserve to be seen and appreciated, so I have included them here. 

And in case you did not see this note at the top: 

An important follow-up note: I know this list is not complete. I added many names after initially publishing this post but after receiving more than 200 additional emails with suggestions, I simply cannot keep up. Thus, I will not be making any more additions to this post. If you would like to suggest yourself or someone for inclusion, please add their name and website in the comments below so future readers can learn about them. Thanks for understanding! 

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