Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas This collection of striking color images from the American West is both a moving national portrait as well as a celebration of analog color photography from an undisputed genius of the…
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Ernst Haas
This collection of striking color images from the American West is both a moving national portrait as well as a celebration of analog color photography from an undisputed genius of the form.The photographer behind Life magazine's first ever all-color photographic essay, Ernst Haas made-and captured-history as an early adapter of Kodachrome film. But as a member of the renowned Magnum agency, he transformed the genre with his color-saturated images, the perfect medium for capturing America's geographic and cultural landscapes. The Austrian-born artist had already established himself as a black and white photographer when he moved to America in 1951.
At the same time his pictures communicate a journalist's point of view, whether the subject is rural poverty, suburban comfort, or the myth of the American West. From desert storms, Route 66 gas stations, and Las Vegas neon to rolling prairie, dilapidated farms, small-town parades, and city sidewalks, Haas' perfectly composed images, contain a distinct pictorial language, suffused with poetry, pattern, and light. The remarkable book offers a vision of America that feels both poignantly distant and reassuringly familiar.