| Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob) | Surrealist, precursor to Cindy Sherman |
| Harry Callahan | Nudes, landscapes |
| Richard Caldicott | Abstract color |
| Julia Margaret Cameron | Portraits |
| Evelyn Cameron | 1880s Montana |
| Cornell Capa | Founder of ICP |
| Robert Capa | War |
| Paul Caponigro | Landscapes |
| Lewis Carroll | Portraits |
| Keith Carter | Childhood & more |
| Rob & Nick Carter | Light paintings |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson | Surrealist hiding under the guise of photojournalist, classic street scenes, portraits |
| Elinor Carucci | Nudes |
| James Casebere | Models of interiors |
| Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953) | Australia |
| Cheung Ping | Chinese pastoralist |
| Chi Peng | Landscapes |
| Chim (David Seymour) | Photojournalist |
| William Christenberry | Southern landscapes |
| Larry Clark | Adolescents |
| Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966) | Cityscapes |
| Linda Connor | Landscapes |
| Lois Conner | Nudes |
| Mariana Cook | Portraits |
| John Coplans (1920-2003) | Nude self-portraits |
| Eileen Cowin | Family tableaus |
| David Crawford | Animated Boston subway portraits |
| Gregory Crewdson | Staged scenes |
| Katherine D. Crone | Sculptural book forms |
| Imogen Cunningham | Pictoralist of the f/64 School |
| Edward S. Curtis | Native American portraits, landscapes |
| Charles W. Cushman | Landscapes |