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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Rodeo, Madison Square Garden, NYC, 1957

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Rodeo, Madison Square Garden, NYC, 1957

Sale Date: October 8, 2010

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Traffic, New York, 1963

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Traffic, New York, 1963

Sale Date: October 8, 2010

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Green water, Mazatlan, Mexico, 1963

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Green water, Mazatlan, Mexico, 1963

Sale Date: September 28, 2010

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Guerrero province, Mexico, 1963

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Guerrero province, Mexico, 1963

Sale Date: September 28, 2010

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Calla lilies, New York (+ 10 others; 11 works), 1982

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Calla lilies, New York (+ 10 others; 11 works), 1982

Sale Date: September 30, 2010

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Audrey hepburn - mel ferrer wedding day,..., 1954

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Audrey hepburn - mel ferrer wedding day,..., 1954

Sale Date: June 25, 2009

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Street scene, eastern europe, 1950

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Street scene, eastern europe, 1950

Sale Date: July 9, 2009

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On the set of the movie Love and Death by..., 1975

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On the set of the movie Love and Death by..., 1975

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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On the set of the movie Love and Death by..., 1975

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On the set of the movie Love and Death by..., 1975

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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Cary Grant, Pride and Passion, Spain, 1956

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Cary Grant, Pride and Passion, Spain, 1956

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe on the set..., 1960

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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe on the set..., 1960

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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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: June 24, 2010

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John Huston, portrait of him at his hotel, 1962

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John Huston, portrait of him at his hotel, 1962

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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Barbra Streisand, Hello Dolly, 1969

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Barbra Streisand, Hello Dolly, 1969

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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Barbra Streisand, Hello Dolly, 1969

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Barbra Streisand, Hello Dolly, 1969

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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Homecoming prisoner, Vienna, 1946–1948

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Homecoming prisoner, Vienna, 1946–1948

Sale Date: June 9, 2010

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Homecoming prisoners, Vienna, 1947

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Homecoming prisoners, Vienna, 1947

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Poland, 1961

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Poland, 1961

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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New Mexico, 1952

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New Mexico, 1952

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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South Africa, 1966

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South Africa, 1966

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Miracle in Greece, 1950

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Miracle in Greece, 1950

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Po Valley, Italy, 1970

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Po Valley, Italy, 1970

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Bäuerin in Polen / Farmer in Poland, 1964

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Bäuerin in Polen / Farmer in Poland, 1964

Sale Date: May 29, 2010

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New York, 1950–1959

Ernst Haas

New York, 1950–1959

Sale Date: May 29, 2010

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