Boris von Brauchitsch, born in 1963 in Aachen, is a writer, art historian, photographer, and exhibition curator. He studied art history in Frankfurt, Bonn, and Berlin, where he wrote his thesis on the history of photography. He is the author of biographies of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Lesser Ury, and has also published books on the Renaissance, the history of photography, and urban development in Berlin, as well as novels and a play. He lives between Berlin and Ingenio on the island of Gran Canaria.
He is the author of Berlin Sketchbook, published by Éditions du Pacifique.