[4][3] Around 1923, he was working in Paramount Pictures's studio in Astoria, Queens, taking stills for Gloria Swanson films.
[5] When Swanson departed New York in 1926 after forming her own company, she asked Bachrach to come with her.
[1] As of 1946, Bachrach had been a still photographer at RKO Pictures for 18 years.
[8][9] Bachrach used Graflex cameras "to capture spontaneity".
[1] Scholar Patricia J. Fanning calls Bachrach "one of the premier portrait photographers in Hollywood".