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)
Untitled (Wild Horses), Nevada, 1960

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Untitled (Wild Horses), Nevada, 1960

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Branco Rider, California, 1957

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Branco Rider, California, 1957

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Black-Eyed Susans, 1984

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Black-Eyed Susans, 1984

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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Nairobi, Kenya, 1970

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Nairobi, Kenya, 1970

Sale Date: November 6, 2014

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Street abstract feet, 1957

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Street abstract feet, 1957

Sale Date: November 6, 2014

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

Sale Date: October 28, 2014

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 1969

Sale Date: September 19, 2014

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Creation (portfolio of 10), 1981

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Creation (portfolio of 10), 1981

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Gondolier at Dusk--Venice. Oversized, 1955

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Gondolier at Dusk--Venice. Oversized, 1955

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Po valley, Italy, 1970

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Po valley, Italy, 1970

Sale Date: September 30, 2014

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Lights of New York City, NY, 1970–1979

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Lights of New York City, NY, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Blue Winter, Yosemite National Park, CA, 1966

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Blue Winter, Yosemite National Park, CA, 1966

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Positano Priest, 1953

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Positano Priest, 1953

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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The Creation, 1981

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The Creation, 1981

Sale Date: September 29, 2014

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Lights of New York City, 1970

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Lights of New York City, 1970

Sale Date: August 21, 2014

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1963

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1963

Sale Date: August 21, 2014

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Bus Stop, Times Square, New York, 1950

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Bus Stop, Times Square, New York, 1950

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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Sur le tournage du film The Misfits de John..., 1960

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Sur le tournage du film The Misfits de John..., 1960

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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Marilyn Monroe sur le film The Misfits de..., 1960

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Marilyn Monroe sur le film The Misfits de..., 1960

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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May Day Parade, New York, 1952

Ernst Haas

May Day Parade, New York, 1952

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, 1954

Ernst Haas

Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, 1954

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

Ernst Haas

Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

Auction Closed

La Suerte de Capa, Pamplona, Spain, 1956

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La Suerte de Capa, Pamplona, Spain, 1956

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

Auction Closed

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