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)
Sophia Loren et Cary Grant sur le tournage..., 1956

Ernst Haas

Sophia Loren et Cary Grant sur le tournage..., 1956

Sale Date: May 13, 2012

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White Sands, New Mexico, 1952

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White Sands, New Mexico, 1952

Sale Date: May 13, 2012

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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 4, 2012

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

Sale Date: April 3, 2012

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: February 28, 2012

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Wire - london, 1951

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Wire - london, 1951

Sale Date: December 12, 2011

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Untited (Saigon), 1950–1959

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Untited (Saigon), 1950–1959

Sale Date: December 13, 2011

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The creation (portfolio of 10), 1962–1981

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The creation (portfolio of 10), 1962–1981

Sale Date: December 13, 2011

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Lake Huntington, Kenya (from Ernst Haas -..., 1970

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Lake Huntington, Kenya (from Ernst Haas -..., 1970

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Arizona (from Ernst Haas - the creation), 1962

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Arizona (from Ernst Haas - the creation), 1962

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Birmingham, 1963

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Birmingham, 1963

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Utah, USA, 1952

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Utah, USA, 1952

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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White Sands, New Mexico, 1952

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White Sands, New Mexico, 1952

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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Nairobi, Kenya (from The Creation), 1970

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Nairobi, Kenya (from The Creation), 1970

Sale Date: November 30, 2011

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Abstraction, New Mexico, 1952

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Abstraction, New Mexico, 1952

Sale Date: November 30, 2011

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: November 16, 2011

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On the set of the misfits, Nevada, 1960

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On the set of the misfits, Nevada, 1960

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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In the beach chair, 1953

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In the beach chair, 1953

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Panorama, 1953

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Panorama, 1953

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Man carrying a door, 1953

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Man carrying a door, 1953

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Times Square, 1952

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Times Square, 1952

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Kenya, 1970

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Kenya, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2011

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Sicily (from The creation), 1965

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Sicily (from The creation), 1965

Sale Date: October 28, 2011

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Shadow on pavement, Germany, 1977

Ernst Haas

Shadow on pavement, Germany, 1977

Sale Date: November 3, 2011

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