Ernst Haas: On Set

By: Jacob, John P.

This book considers the film stills of Ernst Haas (1921-86), one of the most accomplished photographers of the 20th century, transgressing the borders between still photography and the moving image. Haas worked with a variety of eminent directors--from Vittorio de Sica to John Huston, Gene Kelly and Michael Cimino--and depicted cinema genres from suspense ( The Third Man, The Train ) to the Western ( The Oregon Trail, Little Big Man ), and from comedy ( Miracle in Milan, Love and Death ) to musicals ( West Side Story, Hello Dolly ). Haas inscribed a temporal, filmic dimension into his stills which, when viewed in a sequence, generate movement and narrative. So accomplished was his mastery of color, light and motion that Haas was frequently asked to photograph large group actions--from the battle scenes of The Charge of the Light Brigade and the dances of West Side Story to the ski slopes of Downhill Racer . On Set elucidates a novel perspective on the sets and the stars Haas photographed, and reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of his oeuvre.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3869305878
• ISBN13: 9783869305875
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.2" x 11.2"