1905 – 1984, was a Soviet photographer and photojournalist who worked in press photography from the early 1930s. She collaborated with her brother Boris Ignatovich for newspapers and magazines including Bednota, Narpit, and later Vechernyaya Moskva, and was part of the Ignatovich Brigade within Soyuzfoto.

During the Second World War she served as a frontline photo correspondent for the Soviet army press, first for the newspaper Boevoye Znamya of the 30th Army and later for For the Honour of the Motherland of the 1st Ukrainian Front. She was one of only a small number of female Soviet war photojournalists working at the front, producing images that documented military life, aviation units, soldiers, and wartime environments.

Her war archive, long believed lost, was rediscovered in deteriorated condition, enabling the attribution of photographs that had previously been credited to her brother and expanding recognition of her authorship. Her work provides a distinct perspective on the war and forms part of the visual record of Soviet frontline photography.

After the war she continued to work in photography for the press agency APN and the publishing house Soviet Artist.

Reference
Olga Ignatovich: a rare view at war through the lens of the Soviet female photographer, WW2ABC – World War II Arthur Bondar Collection.
https://ww2abc.com/collections/olga-ignatovich-a-rare-view-at-war-through-the-lens