From 1951 Haas experimented almost exclusively with color films. With the amusing pictures called "Images of a Magic City (New York)" Haas showed never before seen impressions and reflexions of a city with color film material: This was his first work in color. The Life magazine published the series in 1953 in two issues.
Also his sports report "The Magic of Colors in Motion" showed never before seen aspects of the photograph by intentionally blurry admissions with extreme color contrasts causes by partially overlaid film material.
Then in 1958 Haas became vice president of Magnum, in 1960 he became the president of the agency.
Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas (* 2nd of March, 1921 in Vienna; † 12th of September, 1986 in New York) was an Austrian-US-American photographer and early member of the photo agency Magnum Photos.
Life
Ernst Haas found, after own statements already as a child, interest in taking photos and studied after an uncompleted medicine study the field Photograph in the graphic eductional establishment and test institution in Vienna. As a free photo journalist he took several pictures for a magazine of war home comers and invalids. In 1947 the Red Cross uses his report and photos to the identification or desegregation of war victims which was published afterwards in a feature of the magazine Life. As a result Haas received an invitation from Robert Capa, to join his new founded photo agency Magnum. Then in 1950 Ernst Haas became a full member of Magnum.
Binoculars, Battery Park, New York, 1952
Ernst Haas' first exhibition took place in 1962 in the museum of Modern Art. In 1966 Haas became a participating mem-ber of Magnum.
In the 1970th the photographer turned away of the sensation journalism and concentrated increasingly upon quieter motives. A less known side of Haas' work are the American scenery photographs for the cigarette brand Marlboro which decisively contributed to their image.
Haas experimented with pleasure with the most different media: In 1964 he produced for the film ‚The Bible‘ of John Huston a picture series. In the 1970th he dealt preferentially with audio-visual technologies.
Wild Horses, Nevada, 1957
Ernst Haas died on the 12th of September, 1986 in New York unexpectedly as a result of a stroke; shortly before he had finished his multimedia picture show abstracts.
Ernst Haas Archiv is in the care of Magnum Photos and the Haas Studio in New York City.
New York, 1980