Ernst Haas

(American/Austrian, 1921–1986)

Ernst Haas was an influential American-Austrian photographer known for producing color photos during a time when it was considered inferior to black-and-white. His innovative use of shutter speed added a blurred effect to his images, creating a unique sense of movement. “Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view,” he once said. Born on March 2, 1921 in Vienna, Austria, he went on to attend the Graphische Lehr und Versuchsanstalt and purchased his first camera in 1946. Working as a staff photographer for Heute magazine, he won acclaim for his photo essay about prisoners of war coming home to Vienna. This series of photos led Robert Capa to offer Haas a position at Magnum Photos in 1949. He moved to New York in 1950, and two years later hitchhiked across the United States, producing his first photo essay for LIFE magazine. His experience working on John Huston’s film The Bible (1966), spurred Haas’s production of the seminal 1971 photobook The Creation. In the years that followed, the artist continued to photograph locations across the globe. He died on September 12, 1986 in New York, NY. Today, Haas’s photographs are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Museum Modern Kunst in Vienna, among others.

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Ernst Haas (947 results)
JARDIN DE LA VILLA BORGHESE, 1958

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JARDIN DE LA VILLA BORGHESE, 1958

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Western Skies Motel, New Mexico, 1978

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Western Skies Motel, New Mexico, 1978

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Monument Valley, USA, 1962

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Monument Valley, USA, 1962

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: May 12, 2021

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Red Rose, 1970

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Red Rose, 1970

Sale Date: April 12, 2021

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978, 1978

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978, 1978

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Utah, 1952, 1952

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Utah, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Torn Poster, New York City, 1972, 1972

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Torn Poster, New York City, 1972, 1972

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Swimmer, Greece, 1970, 1970

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Swimmer, Greece, 1970, 1970

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1964, 1964

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1964, 1964

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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New York, 1950s, 1950–1959

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New York, 1950s, 1950–1959

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962, 1962

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962, 1962

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Martin Luther King, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, 1963

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Martin Luther King, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, 1963

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Lights of New York City, 1972, 1972

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Lights of New York City, 1972, 1972

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Leaping Horse on the set of

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Leaping Horse on the set of "The Misfits",..., 1960

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1961, 1961

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Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1961, 1961

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Bronco Rider, 1957, 1957

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Bronco Rider, 1957, 1957

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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The photographer Yul Brunner, 1958

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The photographer Yul Brunner, 1958

Sale Date: April 16, 2021

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Positano Priest, 1953

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Positano Priest, 1953

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Einstein Thinking, 1951

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Einstein Thinking, 1951

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, 1950s, 1950–1959

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Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, 1950s, 1950–1959

Sale Date: February 25, 2021

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Twins, London, 1951, 1951

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Twins, London, 1951, 1951

Sale Date: February 25, 2021

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London Reflection, 1949, 1949

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London Reflection, 1949, 1949

Sale Date: February 25, 2021

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Bronco Rider, 1957, 1957

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Bronco Rider, 1957, 1957

Sale Date: February 5, 2021

Auction Closed

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