Photography in the DDR (and East Berlin), while these were politically separate from the rest of Germany

This category subsumes Category:East German photographers, who are not additionally listed individually below.

As for other photographers, they are listed if they have done a substantial amount of work in East Germany (at a minimum, one book devoted to it) or if their work there was of unusual historical or other significance. Photographers who have merely made short visits to East Germany and had miscellaneous photographs published should not be specified below.