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.

Ernst Haas Artworks

Ernst Haas (947 results)
Creation Portfolio ( Vermont 1969, Arizona 1962,

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Creation Portfolio ( Vermont 1969, Arizona 1962,

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, from , 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, from , 1969

Sale Date: April 28, 2015

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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Locksmith's sign, nyc, 1952

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Locksmith's sign, nyc, 1952

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Locksmith's Sign, New York, N.Y, 1952

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Locksmith's Sign, New York, N.Y, 1952

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, 1963

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Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, 1963

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

Sale Date: March 22, 2015

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Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, 1954

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Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, 1954

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Locksmith's Sign, NYC, 1952

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Locksmith's Sign, NYC, 1952

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Nature and Machine, 1975

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Nature and Machine, 1975

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Shoes in Store, NYC, 1952

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Shoes in Store, NYC, 1952

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

Sale Date: January 25, 2015

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Shoes in Store, NYC, 1952

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Shoes in Store, NYC, 1952

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Locksmith's Sign, NYC, 1952

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Locksmith's Sign, NYC, 1952

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Nature and Machine, 1975

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Nature and Machine, 1975

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Kenya, 1965

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Kenya, 1965

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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The Creation, 1981

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The Creation, 1981

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Holy Underwear, California, 1958

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Holy Underwear, California, 1958

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Forest Soil in Summer, 1970

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Forest Soil in Summer, 1970

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Untitled (Butterflies)

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Untitled (Butterflies)

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Red Tulips, Japan, 1980

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Red Tulips, Japan, 1980

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Wilting Rose, Botanical Garden, New York, 1983

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Wilting Rose, Botanical Garden, New York, 1983

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Flowers, Coleus, Rockport, Maine, 1982

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Flowers, Coleus, Rockport, Maine, 1982

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Winter, 1966

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Winter, 1966

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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