Ernst Haas: The American West

ISBN: 3791388258

Author: Lowe, Paul

Condition: New

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 magazines first ever all-color photographic essay, Ernst Haas made-and captured-history as an early adopter of Kodachrome film.The Austrian-born artist had already established himself as a black and white photographer when he moved to America in 1951. But as a member of the renowned Magnum agency, he transformed the genre with his color-saturated images, the perfect medium for capturing Americas geographic and cultural landscapes.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. At the same time his pictures communicate a journalists point of view, whether the subject is rural poverty, suburban comfort, or the myth of the American West.The remarkable book offers a vision of America that feels both poignantly distant and reassuringly familiar.