Bradford Bachrach
Photographer Bachrach Studios, American, died 1992
Birth PlaceWorchester, Massachusetts, United States
Born in Worcester, Mass., Mr. Bachrach grew up in Newton, Mass. After graduating from Harvard in 1933, he joined the family business. He left during World War II to served as a lieutenant in the Navy, working in photography. The Bachrach firm is best known for having made portraits of every American President since Abraham Lincoln. Most of the firm's Presidential photographs were taken by members of the Bachrach family, now in its fourth generation in the business.
Mr. Bachrach headed the company from 1955 until he retired in 1978. A career photographer as well as a company official, he specialized in portraits of women. He also photographed Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson. With his father, he did a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt. He photographed the wedding of Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy.
Mr. Bachrach headed the company from 1955 until he retired in 1978. A career photographer as well as a company official, he specialized in portraits of women. He also photographed Presidents Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson. With his father, he did a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt. He photographed the wedding of Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy.