With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will.

By the time of Haas’ arrival the streets of New York had already become a popular subject for photographers who sought to document all aspects of life. Great Photographers. Gisela Minke a German-born airline stewardess was Haas’s companion for many years.

For the political scientist see Ernst B. In addition to his prolific coverage of events around the globe after World War II Haas was one of the earliest innovators of color photography. His images were widely disseminated by magazines like Life and Vogue and in 1962 were the subject of the first single-artist exhibition of color photography at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.