Peter W. Haas

Peter W. Haas (born in 1964, in Czechoslovakia), is a Slovak art photographer. He is a member of the International Association of Art. He focuses on analogue photography and techniques such as platinotype, bromoil and kallitype. His pieces appear in many collections in Europe, the US, Russia, and Australia.^[1]

Early life

He was born on 25 June 1964 in Czechoslovakia. He spent his youth in Banská Štiavnica where began to express himself artistically. Poetry, writing, and painting brought him to photography.

Career

He was influenced by Vlado Oravec and his wife. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989 he pursued a career of freelance art photography. He opened two studios in Banská Štiavnica. In 1994 he met professional photographer Leo Redlinger who taught him about photographing products and noble prints. His work attracted the interest of diplomatic staff. Haas became an official photographer of several sovereigns and Ambassadors.^{[citation needed]} Beginning in 2000 he began taking contact photos and supervised by Dušan Slivka pursued noble prints.

He was greatly affected by functionalists and pictorialists like Rössler, Drtikol and Sudek, who transformed photography into art.^{[citation needed]}

Independent exhibitions

Israel Gallery of Olechadas 1992 Israel
Gallery Banská Bystrica 1997, Slovakia
Izraeli Cultural Centre Prague 2000, The Czech Republic
Gallery Šalgotarián 2002, Hungary
Gallery Banská Bystrica 2004, Slovakia
Teo Gallery 2006, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Gallery Živa, SNG, Rotary Club, Zvolen 2007,Slovakia
Prolaika Gallery 2013 – Bratislava, Slovakia
Zichy's Palace – Gallery – Z – Bratislava, Slovakia - May 2014
Museum SNP - Bratislava, Slovakia - 2014
Gallery Na Tehelnej - Zvolen, Slovakia - 2015

Group exhibitions

Gallery Cosmopolitan Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia - May 2015
Vlado Oravec (sculptor) and Peter W. Haas (noble prints)
Gallery "V podkroví", Banska Bystrica, Slovakia - December 2015 - "Winter Romance" Exhibition - artists: Fulla, Galanda, Gwerk, Hloznik, Haas, Kollar etc.

Collections

The Slovak Mining Museum, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
Teo Gallery Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Over 1000 pieces of work belong to private collections (Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Australia, Israel, France, London, Spain, USA, etc.)

Film

References

^ Fabbri, Malin (1 January 2016). Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I. AlternativePhotography.com.

[1] Fabbri, Malin (1 January 2016). Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I. AlternativePhotography.com.

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