Ernst Haas

Ernst Haas (1921–1986) is acclaimed as one of the most important figures in 20th century photography and is considered a pioneering artist in color photography

I found the philosophy by haas really interesting and posted them below from the Haas Estate website 

www.ernst-haas.com/philosophy01.html

 

I found this information about Haas Photography career from wikipedia 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haas

Ernst Haas was born in 1921 in Vienna  he was an Austrian artist and photographer noted for his innovations in colour photography, experiments in abstract light and form, and as a member of the Magnum agency

 Haas received the Hasselblad Award for his photography. he died of a stroke in 1986 

Haas attended medical school in Austria, until 1947, when left to become a staff photographer for the magazine Heute. His photo essay for the magazine on prisoners of war coming home to Vienna won him acclaim and an offer to join Magnum Photos from Robert Capa 

Haas moved to New York City and in 1953 produced a 24-page, color photo essay on the city for Life, which then commissioned similar photo spreads on Paris and Venice In 1962, the Museum of modern art mounted a one-man show of Haas' color photos. Haas' first photo book, Elements, was published the next year.

Some of Haas' most famous pictures were deliberately out-of-focus and blurred, creating strong visual effects. These are some of my favourites He used the dye transfer  to make many of his original prints, yielding richly saturated colors.

In 1964, film director John Huson  hired Haas to direct the creation sequence for his 1964 film,  Haas continued working on the theme, producing the photo book, The Creation. Haas also photographed a number of advertising campaigns for Marlboro cigarettes.

Before his death Haas had been working on a book with 'ideas for chapters and picture layouts his son, daughter and former colleagues finished the book and In 1989 'A Colour Retrospective 1952-1986' was published by Thames and Hudson. In it 'Selected Writings of Ernst Haas' gives broad and profound insight into his approach to and philosophy of photography;

Here are some of my favourite pictures from Haas

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