Bernis von zur Muehlen

Bernis von zur Muehlen (born 1942) is an American fine art photographer.

Early life and education Bernis von zur Muehlen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1942. She received a BA in literature, second in her class, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963, earning a Phi Beta Kappa in 1962.

She taught English at her alma mater Northeast High School (Philadelphia), where she appeared as the English teacher giving a class on poetry in Fredrick Wiseman's celebrated cinéma vérité 1968 documentary High School.

After moving to Northern Virginia, she began photographing the male nude,