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)
Hollywood, California; Japan, 1983 (2 works), 1965

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Hollywood, California; Japan, 1983 (2 works), 1965

Sale Date: May 8, 2013

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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: May 7, 2013

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Einstein Thinking, 1951

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Einstein Thinking, 1951

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Reflection - 42nd street. New York, 1952

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Reflection - 42nd street. New York, 1952

Sale Date: March 20, 2013

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Motion runners, 1992

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Motion runners, 1992

Sale Date: March 20, 2013

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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Lights of New York, 1970

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Lights of New York, 1970

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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The Creation (portfolio of 10), 1962–1981

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The Creation (portfolio of 10), 1962–1981

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 1969

Sale Date: April 3, 2013

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Marlboro Man, 1985

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Marlboro Man, 1985

Sale Date: April 3, 2013

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The Creation (7 works)

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The Creation (7 works)

Sale Date: March 23, 2013

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Einstein Thinking, 1951

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Einstein Thinking, 1951

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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The Kiss, New York, 1958

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The Kiss, New York, 1958

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Positano Priest, 1953

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Positano Priest, 1953

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Nairobi (Aus dem Portfolio The Creation), 1970

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Nairobi (Aus dem Portfolio The Creation), 1970

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Grasende Impalas (Aus dem Portfolio The..., 1970

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Grasende Impalas (Aus dem Portfolio The..., 1970

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Nevada Sky, USA, 1960

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Nevada Sky, USA, 1960

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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New York, Reflections

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New York, Reflections

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ, 1951

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Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ, 1951

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Leaping Horse on the Set of The Misfits,..., 1960

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Leaping Horse on the Set of The Misfits,..., 1960

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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London Reflections, 1949

Ernst Haas

London Reflections, 1949

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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New Mexico, 1952

Ernst Haas

New Mexico, 1952

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Vendeur d'icones, homme assis, Grèce (2 works), 1955

Ernst Haas

Vendeur d'icones, homme assis, Grèce (2 works), 1955

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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