List of French photographers

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

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)