Ernest A. Bachrach (1899 – 1973) was an American photographer.
Bachrach was born in 1899 and died in 1973. [1] [2] He attended Stuyvesant High School. [3] He worked at Famous Players–Lasky "right after" World War I. [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. [6] He founded RKO's still photography department in 1928 following RKO's merger with Film Booking Offices of America and headed the still photography department at RKO as of 1935. [7] He took almost all the stills of Katharine Hepburn in the 1930s, while she was with RKO. [8] [9]
Bachrach used Graflex cameras "to capture spontaneity". [1]
Scholar Patricia J. Fanning calls Bachrach "one of the premier portrait photographers in Hollywood". [10]
Ernest A. Bachrach (1899 – 1973) was an American photographer.
Bachrach was born in 1899 and died in 1973. [1] [2] He attended Stuyvesant High School. [3] He worked at Famous Players–Lasky "right after" World War I. [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. [6] He founded RKO's still photography department in 1928 following RKO's merger with Film Booking Offices of America and headed the still photography department at RKO as of 1935. [7] He took almost all the stills of Katharine Hepburn in the 1930s, while she was with RKO. [8] [9]
Bachrach used Graflex cameras "to capture spontaneity". [1]
Scholar Patricia J. Fanning calls Bachrach "one of the premier portrait photographers in Hollywood". [10]