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[MattieG]

Hi!
​So in September I am due to welcome two little girls into my family. I have a nearly 3 year old boy named Bobby (Robert Thomas John) who is named after prominent war photographer Robert Capa. Photography is everything to my husband and I and we would love to continue naming our children after photographers! But we cant decide on any girls!
​We were thinking
Vivian (After Vivian Maier)

Dorothea (After Dorothea Lange)

Annie (After Annie Leibovitz)

and that's it..... I kind of like Vivian and Annie but my husband is not so much of a fan, so any ideas would be welcome!

[MindelanSwoop]

Have you looked at lists of women photographers?  There's one on wikipedia:

 

https://en.wikipedia...n_photographers

 

 

Just glancing through, I really like June, Alice, Katrien, Lucia... maybe you are more familiar with these women than I am! 

 

You could consider other photography related terms too:  Silver, Sepia, Kodak, Leica....

[Katie-Nana]

I really like the idea of Vivian after Vivian Maier (love!).  However, I find Vivian & Annie a bit too similar sounding.

 

What about...

 

Virginia (Virginia M. Schau) - First female to win Pulitzer Prize for photography.

Marion (Marion Carpenter/Anderson)

Eudora (Eudora Welty)

 

You don't have to limit yourself to just female photographers, depending on your favorite photographer's names, a lot of masculine names and surnames can work for a daughter. Ex. Roberta for Robert Capa. 

 

Ansel (for Ansel Adams) although traditionally a male name, could wear well for a girl.

Noel (for Frank Noel) can also be spelled Noelle

 

I think it would be more important for the name to be after someone you admire rather than a particular name that happens to belong to a noted photographer.  Just be creative and find something you both love.