Charles Bernhoeft

Charles (Carl Michael) Bernhoeft (22 July 1859 – 1933) was a Luxembourgish photographer known for his portraits of the Grand Ducal court, as well as numerous landscapes that he turned into postcards.

[3] In 1895, together with the journalist Jean-Nicolas Moes, Bernhoeft launched Luxembourg's first illustrated weekly magazine, Das Luxemburger Land in Wort und Bild, which published nine issues.

He not only published photographic albums documenting Luxembourg and its surroundings, but also illustrated maps of the city and the Moselle Valley.

[2] Bernhoeft was also an inventor, developing systems providing indirect artificial lighting to facilitate portrait photography.

He adapted the approach to magnesium flash photography, which proved successful for photographing children, unable to keep still for very long.