Daniel Bendann (1836 - December 6, 1914) along with his brother David Bendann were American Civil War Era photographers known for their elegant photographic backgrounds.

[1][2][3] The brothers were born in Germany but the family moved to Richmond, Virginia where Daniel worked for the Whitehurst Studio.

[2] He opened his own studio first in Richmond and later Baltimore, Maryland where he employed his brother David.

[5] The Bendann Brothers received a National Photographic Association Holmes Medal in 1872 for this invention.

[6] Together they took portraits of many well-known people including Edgar Allan Poe, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Presidents Buchanan and Hayes, and Johns Hopkins.