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Ernst Haas
Paul Lowe
其他書名
The American West
出版
Prestel Publishing
, 2022-11-08
主題
Photography / Individual Photographers / Monographs
History / United States / 20th Century
Photography / Subjects & Themes / Historical
ISBN
3791388258
9783791388250
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1E2REAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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.