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]
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.)
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