Women have been active participants in photography ever since the medium’s early development, and have contributed to the shaping of the field for long, but not until recently did they receive proper consideration. Milly Bloom, a marginalized character receiving little critical attention in Ulysses, might be regarded as such an ignored woman photographer- to-be. Beginning with a historical survey of photography, particularly women’s roles in it, this paper attempts to re-examine Joyce’s incorporation of photography and Milly’s involvement in it, so as to justify Milly’s role as a prospective female photographer engaged in imaging the nation. With her camera, Milly is not only equipped with the power to produce and preserve images of Ireland, but also endowed with the potential to renew and re-create them, constructing possibilities for herself, for the photographic art, and for her homeland—though the path ahead is inevitably paved with challenges and obstacles.