Photographers
- Mads Alstrup, (1808–1876), first Danish photographer with own studio
- Pietro Boyesen, (1819–1882), photographer in Rome
- Per Bak Jensen, (born 1949), influential photographer with an innovative artistic landscape style
- Morten Bo, (born 1945), influential photographer, author of many photo books
- Krass Clement, (born 1946), specializing in the photo-essay style
- Peter Faber, (1810–1877), took oldest photo on record
- Frederikke Federspiel, (1839–1913), first female photographer to practice in Denmark
- Kristen Feilberg (1839–1919), remembered for many early photographs in Dutch East Indies
- Jens Fink-Jensen, (born 1956), contemporary artistic photographer
- Jan Grarup, (born 1968), award winning press photographer specializing in war and conflict
- Ludvig Grundtvig, (1836–1901), photographer and portrait painter
- Georg Emil Hansen, (1833–1891), pioneering court photographer
- Christian Hedemann (1852–1932), remembered for his early photographs of Hawaii
- Keld Helmer-Petersen, (born 1920), pioneer in colour photography in the 1940s
- Jesper Høm, (1931–2000), influential press photographer and film director
- Jacob Holdt, (born 1947), using photography to encourage social reform
- Kirsten Klein, (born 1945), specializing in black-and-white landscapes
- Astrid Kruse Jensen, (born 1975), specializing in night photography with an unreal dimension
- Claus Bjørn Larsen, (born 1963), award-winning press photographer
- Anton Melbye, (1818–1875), artist using photography as an aid to painting
- Israel B. Melchior (1827–1893), amateur photographer who photographed Hans Christian Andersen
- Rigmor Mydtskov, (1925–2010), theatre photography and court photographer for Queen Margrethe
- Viggo Rivad, (born 1922), used photographic essays to portray ordinary citizens
- Leif Schiller, (1939–2007), photographer
- Lars Schwander, (born 1957), portraits of international artists
- Jacob Aue Sobol, (born 1976), award-winning collections from Greenland, Guatemala and Tokyo
- Mary Steen, (1856–1939), pioneer of indoor photography, including royalty
- Rudolph Striegler, (1816–1876), pioneering portrait photography
- Heinrich Tønnies, (1825–1903), early studio in Aalborg, portraits and landscapes
- Sigvart Werner, (1872–1959), amateur who gained fame from Danish landscapes in book form
- Mary Willumsen, (1884–1961), sold postcards of scantily-dressed women from 1916
- Benedicte Wrensted, (1859–1949), took photographs of native Americans in Idaho
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