Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr.

Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr. (April 9, 1917 – February 26, 2010) was an American photographer, known for portraits of celebrities, politicians, presidents and other prominent individuals.

Bachrach was best known for a portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy, which was later used as his official photograph after he was elected President in 1960.

[1] Bachrach served as an aerial navigator in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II.

[1] Some of Bachrach's most famous subjects included presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jacques Cousteau, Joe DiMaggio, Richard Avedon, Robert Frost, Buckminster Fuller, Ted Kennedy, and Muhammad Ali.

[1] Fabian Bachrach died of pneumonia on February 26, 2010, in Newton, Massachusetts, at the age of 92.