中文简介：

作为《生活》杂志**篇全彩摄影文章背后的摄影师，彩色摄影先驱Ernst Haas创造并捕捉了历史。

Ernst Haas出生于奥地利，在1951年移居美国时已经确立了自己作为黑白摄影师的地位。但作为马格南图片社成员，他以其色彩饱和的图像改变了这**派，这些图像成为捕捉美国地理和文化景观的理想媒介。

从沙漠风暴、66号公路的加油站、拉斯维加斯的霓虹灯到起伏的大草原、破旧的农场、小镇的游行和城市的人行道，Haas精彩构图的图片，包含了一种独特的图像语言，充满了诗意、图案和光线。同时，他的照片传达了一个记者的视角，无论主题是农村的贫困，郊区的舒适，还是美国西部的神话。

本书提供了一个既让人感到凄凉遥远又让人感到安心熟悉的美国愿景。

英文简介：

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.