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Ernst Haas

Overview

Born in 1921 in Vienna, Ernst Haas was encouraged from early childhood to pursue creative endeavors. He studied photography for one semester at the Graphische Lehr und Versuchsanstalt (Graphic Arts Institute), and worked on and off in a photographic studio in the German-occupied Vienna.

Haas’s career in photography began with a Rolleiflex acquired on the black market with 10 kilograms of margarine received for his 25th birthday. In 1949 Capa invited him to join Magnum, where he developed close associations with Capa, Bischof, and Cartier-Bresson. Haas kept working as a freelance producing stories for Heute LIFE, Look, Vogue, Holiday, Esquire, Stern and Geo, and in film production.

Haas is best known for experimenting with the first color films and for his abstract colour works. Convinced of the importance of poetry in photography, throughout his career Haas explored the possibilities of mixing colours by using slow shutter speeds, a style described by critics as “painting with the camera”. He frequently used other techniques such as narrow depth of field, selective focus and blurred motion and, in addition, was also a pioneer of the dye-transfer printing process.

Atlas Gallery is the exclusive representative of the Haas Estate in the UK.

 

Featured Exhibitions

  • ERNST HAAS: NEW YORK IN COLOUR, 1952-1962

    11/03 — 01/05/21

  • Ernst Haas: Color Correction

    14/09 — 22/09/11

  • Ernst Haas: Reconstructing London

    23/05 — 04/07/15

  • True Colours

    05/09 — 05/10/13

Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

California, 1977
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

USA, 1975
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Western Skies Motel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1977
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Car Scratch – Wave, Colorado 1977
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Torn Poster II – Redbird, NYC, 1960
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Shadow on Pavement, Germany 1977
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Drops in a Coral, 1963
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Red Rose 1970
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Tabago Wave, Carribean 1968
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

La Suerte de Capa, Pamplona, Spain, 1956
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Madison Square Garden, New York 1957
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Swimmers, 1984 Olympics, Los Angeles
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Montana, 1970
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Route 66, Albuquerque, NM, 1969
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Third Avenue Reflection, New York City, 1952
Dye Transfer Print
20 x 30 inches
Edition of 30

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Locksmith Sign, New York, 1952
Dye Transfer Print
16 x 20 inches
Edition of 30

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Clouds and Skyline, NY, 1957
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Lights of New York City, NY, 1972
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Motion Crosswalk I, NY, 1970s
C-type print

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Twin Towers Reflection, NY, 1975
C-type print

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Ernst Haas

London Palladium, Argyll Street, 1949
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.5 x 11.5 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Green Park, London, 1949
Vintage gelatin silver print
Estate stamp on print verso
10 x 11.5 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Speaker’s Corner, London, 1949
Vintage gelatin silver print
Estate stamp on print verso
8 x 9 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Speaker’s Corner, London, 1949
Vintage gelatin silver print
Estate stamp on print verso
7 x 10 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Queen’s Coronation Street Party, London, 1952
Vintage gelatin silver print
Estate stamp on print verso
6.5 x 10 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 1949
Vintage gelatin silver print
Estate stamp on print verso
8.5 x 11.5 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Albert Einstein, Princeton, New Jersey, 1953
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 x 7 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Regent Street, London, 1949
Vintage gelatin silver print
Estate stamp on print verso
7.5 x 12 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Priest, Positano, 1953
Vintage gelatin silver print
11 x 14 inches

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Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas

Peeling Paint, USA, 1962
Vintage silver gelatin print
7 x 5 inches

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