Bruno Braquehais

Auguste Bruno Braquehais (28 January 1823 – 13 February 1875) was a French photographer active primarily in Paris in the mid-19th century, in parthership with his wife Laure Mathilde Gouin.

[1] In 1852, Braquehais opened his own studio on the rue de Richelieu in Paris, where he produced images of female nudes.

[1] Braquehais's early photographs consist primarily of portraits and female nudes,[5] many of which were colored by his wife, Laure.

Art critics have pointed out that many of Braquehais's photographs of female nudes are cluttered with distracting objects (e.g., the Venus de Milo), giving the model the appearance of being isolated.

Braquehais also took numerous photographs of the various barricades the Communards had erected in anticipation of an invasion of republican forces, troops gathered at Tuileries Palace and Porte Maillot, and the ruins of the Maison Thiers.