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"'Abstrakt' is a collection of photographs selected by Ernst HAAS for a two-projector 25-minute film he worked on until his death in 1986. Many of the photographs were shown in Life magazine’s fist color issue devoted to Haas’ 1953 story on New York 'Images of a Magic City', and in his 1962 solo exhibition 'Ernst Haas: Color Photograph' at the Museum of Modern Art, the first color retrospective at that institution.
Content
The photographs in this photo volume, 'Abstrakt' by Ernst HAAS, span his entire career in color from 1952 to 1984. The photographs in this book show various abstractions―from street detritus, to torn posters and other found objects. The Austrian photographer himself considered this project to be the culmination of his work in photography." (© Steidl Verlag, 2022)