Photographer, printmaker, and researcher recognized for his work on Mexican-American visual studies and his expertise in 19th-century historical photographic techniques.
Byron Brauchli (1960) is a photographer and printmaker specializing in Mexican-American visual studies and 19th-century photographic processes. He holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at institutions such as the University of Texas at Austin, Texas State University, and the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City. He resides in Xalapa, Veracruz, where he is a researcher at the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Veracruz.
Brauchli’s work explores landscapes and cultural relationships, particularly the transcultural perceptions of the U.S.-Mexico border. He received a U.S.-Mexico Fund for Culture Grant for his project Cultural Refractions: Border Life in No Man's Land, a Fulbright-García Robles Fellowship, and has been a Mexican System of Art Creators member since 2011. His work blends historical photo-printmaking techniques with contemporary perspectives and has been exhibited in over 100 individual and collective shows worldwide. Publications of his work include On the Line (2007), Encrucijadas (2015), and Recorridos (2025), and he has been featured in numerous collections and publications.
Brauchli’s current project, Recorridos, is a book and traveling exhibit in Mexico and the U.S.
Please contact him directly to inquire about projects, workshops, or purchasing his work.
