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)
Elephant, Kenya, 1970

Ernst Haas

Elephant, Kenya, 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2010

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Aerial flamingos, Kenya, 1970

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Aerial flamingos, Kenya, 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2010

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Utah, USA, 1952

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Utah, USA, 1952

Sale Date: April 16, 2010

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La Suerta De Capa, Pamplona, Spain, 1956

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La Suerta De Capa, Pamplona, Spain, 1956

Sale Date: April 16, 2010

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Tabago Wave, Caribbean Sea, 1968

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Tabago Wave, Caribbean Sea, 1968

Sale Date: April 16, 2010

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The Rose, 1970

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The Rose, 1970

Sale Date: April 16, 2010

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Bronco rider, California, 1957

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Bronco rider, California, 1957

Sale Date: March 23, 2010

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Invalide Zigarettenverkäufer verkaufen nur..., 1948

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Invalide Zigarettenverkäufer verkaufen nur..., 1948

Sale Date: March 30, 2010

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Billboard Painter, Broadway, NYC, 1952

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Billboard Painter, Broadway, NYC, 1952

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Ohne Titel, 1946

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Ohne Titel, 1946

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Miracle en Grèce, 1950

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Miracle en Grèce, 1950

Sale Date: November 21, 2009

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Miracle en Grèce, 1950

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Miracle en Grèce, 1950

Sale Date: November 21, 2009

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Salzburg, Austria, 1945

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Salzburg, Austria, 1945

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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Bronco Rider, California, 1957

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Bronco Rider, California, 1957

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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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: October 15, 2009

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Indian attack, Little Big Man, Canada, 1969

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Indian attack, Little Big Man, Canada, 1969

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Hydrangeas, California, 1982

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Hydrangeas, California, 1982

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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Ritual dance, coronation day, Bhutan, 1974

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Ritual dance, coronation day, Bhutan, 1974

Sale Date: October 6, 2009

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The creation, 1970

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The creation, 1970

Sale Date: June 17, 2009

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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe on the set..., 1961

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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe on the set..., 1961

Sale Date: May 21, 2009

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The creation, 1962–1981

Ernst Haas

The creation, 1962–1981

Sale Date: April 2, 2009

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Positano, priest, Amalfi Coast, Italy, 1953

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Positano, priest, Amalfi Coast, Italy, 1953

Sale Date: April 2, 2009

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Dancers, Spain, 1956

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Dancers, Spain, 1956

Sale Date: April 2, 2009

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Homecoming prisoner, Vienna, 1946–1948

Ernst Haas

Homecoming prisoner, Vienna, 1946–1948

Sale Date: April 1, 2009

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