Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr.

Who was Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr.?

Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr. was an American photographer, known for portraits of celebrities, politicians, presidents and other prominent individuals. He was professionally known as Fabian. Bachrach was best known for a portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy, which was later used as the his official photograph after he was elected President in 1960.

Bachrach's family, who own Bachrach Studios, has been in the commercial photography business for more than 140 years. Bachrach Studios is believed to be the world's oldest continuously operating photography studio in the world. His paternal grandfather, David Bachrach, Jr., founded Bachrach Studios in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1868. He had previously photographed Abraham Lincoln during his trip to Gettysburg in 1863 during the U.S. Civil War.