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Ernst Haas — Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA
Ernst Haas

Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA

A striking example of Ernst Haas's pioneering color photography, this image captures the vast and rugged landscape of the Navajo Nation in Arizona with a painterly sensibility. Haas's masterful use of light and color transforms the desert terrain into an almost abstract composition, blurring the line between photography and fine art. Printed later as a digital chromogenic print, the work preserves the rich, luminous tones that defined Haas's revolutionary approach to color imagery.

Medium
Digital chromogenic print, printed later.

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October 8, 2015

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Ernst Haas, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA

A striking example of Ernst Haas's pioneering color photography, this image captures the vast and rugged landscape of the Navajo Nation in Arizona with a painterly sensibility. Haas's masterful use of light and color transforms the desert terrain into an almost abstract composition, blurring the line between photography and fine art. Printed later as a digital chromogenic print, the work preserves the rich, luminous tones that defined Haas's revolutionary approach to color imagery.

Medium
Digital chromogenic print, printed later.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Landscape Photography, Warm Earth Tones, Contemplative Mood, Color Photography, Cultural Portrait, Southwest Landscape, Documentary Photography, American Photographer, Chromogenic Print, Native American Subject, Native American Culture, Master Photographer, Photojournalism, American Southwest

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