Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr. (1917–2010) was an American photographer known for his portraits of celebrities, politicians, and historical figures.
Born in Newton, Massachusetts, he was the son of photographer Louis Fabian Bachrach Sr. He earned a history degree from Harvard University (1939) before joining Bachrach Studios, a family-owned photography business founded in 1868.
During World War II, he served as an aerial navigator in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. After the war, he introduced color photography to Bachrach Studios in the 1950s, transitioning the studio entirely to color by the 1970s.
His most famous work includes a portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy, later used as his official presidential photograph (1960.) His subjects included Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Muhammad Ali, and Jacques Cousteau.
His notable publication, Wizards and Their Wonders: Portraits in Computing (1997,) written by Christopher Morgan, features portraits of historic and contemporary figures in the computer industry.
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The departure of our boys to foreign parts with the ever-present possibility that they might never return, taught the real value of photography to every father and mother. To many a mother the photograph of her boy in his country’s uniform was the one never-failing consolation.
—Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.
Topics: Photography
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