Ernst Haas: The American West

By Paul Lowe

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 magazine's 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 America's 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 journalist's 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791388258
• ISBN13: 9783791388250
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.8" x 11.7"