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)
Yul Brynner, 1958

Ernst Haas

Yul Brynner, 1958

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Yellow Balloon, New Orleans 1960, 1960

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Yellow Balloon, New Orleans 1960, 1960

Sale Date: June 9, 2023

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1969, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1969, 1969

Sale Date: June 9, 2023

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THE SWIMMER', GREECE 1970, 1970

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THE SWIMMER', GREECE 1970, 1970

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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SICILY, 1965, 1965

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SICILY, 1965, 1965

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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OAHU ISLAND, HAWAII 1977, 1977

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OAHU ISLAND, HAWAII 1977, 1977

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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TELEVISION', CALIFORNIA 1976, 1976

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TELEVISION', CALIFORNIA 1976, 1976

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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OPENING OF SCHÖNBRUNN PARK TO THE..., 1946–1947

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OPENING OF SCHÖNBRUNN PARK TO THE..., 1946–1947

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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NEW YORK CITY, 1961, 1961

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NEW YORK CITY, 1961, 1961

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962, 1962

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1962, 1962

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Priest, Positano, c. 1950, 1950

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Priest, Positano, c. 1950, 1950

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Leaping Horse (Clark Gable as Guy Langland..., 1960

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Leaping Horse (Clark Gable as Guy Langland..., 1960

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery..., 1960

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Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery..., 1960

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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The Creation (Dusk)., 1971

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The Creation (Dusk)., 1971

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: April 6, 2023

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Nature and Machine, 1975, 1975

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Nature and Machine, 1975, 1975

Sale Date: April 6, 2023

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Lights of New York City, 1970, 1970

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Lights of New York City, 1970, 1970

Sale Date: April 6, 2023

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Marilyn Monroe,

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Marilyn Monroe, "The Misfits" Nevada USA, 1960, 1960

Sale Date: April 6, 2023

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Yellow Balloon, New Orleans, 1960

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Yellow Balloon, New Orleans, 1960

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Windmill, Greece., 1952

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Windmill, Greece., 1952

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Navajo Nation, 1970

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Navajo Nation, 1970

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Marilyn Monroe,

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Marilyn Monroe, "The Misfits" Nevada USA, 1960

Sale Date: February 8, 2023

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万宝路牛仔银盐照片附与藏家通信, 1960

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万宝路牛仔银盐照片附与藏家通信, 1960

Sale Date: December 19, 2022

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Times Square Reflection, 1962, 1962

Ernst Haas

Times Square Reflection, 1962, 1962

Sale Date: December 12, 2022

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