streetphotography

Ernst Haas (born 1929) was an Austrian-American photojournalist and the early master of color photography.
Using color also for his personal work, with a pictorial language recalling at times the works by painter Edward Hopper, Haas has been described as a poet photographer. Haas cropped and abstracted, photographed against the light and out of focus, and used reflections and close-ups to mystify the visible.
His innovative use of shutter speed added a blurred effect to his images, creating a unique sense of movement. Haas’s simple photos of lines on the street and reflections completely opened up view of photography. To see that mundane things like this could be considered interesting powerfully struck everyone.

Ernst Haas truly redefined photography! 📸✨ his ability to turn ordinary moments into art is inspiring. love how he saw beauty in the mundane!