A Soldier Heading Home After The War
Throughout his four-decade photography career, Ernst Haas straddled the line between photojournalist and artist. His photographs of soldiers returning home after WWII were filled with artistry. In a photo essay titled “Homecoming,” he captured the desperation and confusion that gripped Europe at the time, as people looked for relatives among the survivors. It was a successful collection that helped him reach even greater heights. He turned down every single one of them! He said, “What I want is to stay free so that I can carry out my ideas… I don’t think there are many editors who could give me the assignments I give myself.”
A Soldier Heading Home After The War
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