Ernst Haas - In Deutschland ("In Germany") - 1976

FANTASTIC COLOR WORK by famous photographer Ernst Haas (1921-1986), one of the earliest members of the legendary photo agency Magnum.

Showing the best pictures by the artist of "Germany" in the period after Second World War.

WITH COMPLETE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET - IN FRESH CONDITION.

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"After reviewing his work, Robert Capa invited Ernst Haas to travel to Paris and join the then two-year-old international photographic cooperative Magnum Photos. Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, David Chim Seymour, Werner Bischof and William Vandivert were already members. In 1950, Ernst Haas then became a full member of Magnum."
(Magnum website)

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Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna. 1976. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover with dustjacket. 345 x 235 mm. 184 pages. 134 color photos. Photos: Ernst Haas. Conversation between Thilo Koch and Ernst Haas. Text in German.

Condition:
Book inside and outside excellent, fresh and flawless, clean with no marks and no foxing; just normal trace of use, no remarkable defects. Dustjacket super fresh and complete with no tears, with no taped tears and with no missing parts; very light trace of use, no remarkable defects. Overall very fine condition.

Great, big-size photobook with the best colour photos by Ernst Haas of Germany - with the original dustjacket.
Excellent, very fresh, much better condition than usual.

'In 1947, the 'Rotes Kreuz' ('Red Cross') used the reportage and the photographs by Ernst Haas to identify or reunite war victims, which was subsequently published in a feature in Life magazine. Warren Trabant showed Haas' 'Homecoming' photographs to Robert Capa, before they were published. After reviewing his work, Capa invited Haas to travel to Paris and join the then two-year-old international photographic cooperative MAGNUM Photos. Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, David Chim Seymour, Werner Bischof and William Vandivert were already members. In 1950, Ernst Haas then became a full member of MAGNUM.
In 1954, Robert Capa, Magnum's first president, was killed on assignment during the First Indochina War. The same year, Werner Bischof died in a car accident in the Andes. After their deaths, Haas was elected to Magnum's board of directors and travelled to Indochina himself to cover the war.
In 1958, Haas became vice-president of MAGNUM. After the death of David 'Chim' Seymour in Suez in 1959, Haas became MAGNUM's fourth president in 1960. He made significant and lasting contributions to the organisation as its leader. Haas had a deep understanding of the cooperative's mission and encouraged its members to strive for excellence and innovation. In a letter to Magnum's members, he wrote:
'Each of us wants to make beautiful, eye-catching and extraordinary images. Each of us struggles with our own style.Change comes not only through willpower but never through contentment.Let us be more critical of each other: It will bring us closer. Let us find a new common denominator in the struggle not to follow our own standards of invention. 'Don't cover - discover!'
The Ernst Haas Archive is in the care of Magnum Photos and the Haas Studio in New York City.'
(Magnum website)