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Ernst Haas: The American West
Prestel
ISBN13:
9783791388250
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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 madeand capturedhistory 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.
- | Author: Paul Lowe
- | Publisher: Prestel
- | Publication Date: Nov 08, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Photography
- | ISBN-10: 3791388258
- | ISBN-13: 9783791388250
- Author:
- Paul Lowe
- Publisher:
- Prestel
- Publication Date:
- Nov 08, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 224 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover/Photography
- ISBN-10:
- 3791388258
- ISBN-13:
- 9783791388250