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H2O
Ralph Steiner, 14mins, 1929
A study on water, the reflections and motions of the liquid that accentuates its ethereality and metallic beauty. A cinepoem showing water in its many forms, from tranquil lakes and flowing rivers to cascading waterfalls and crashing waves.
Ralph Steiner
"Educated at Dartmouth, he became a successful commercial and much honored fine art photographer. He made perhaps the first American abstract film, H2O (1929), following it with other experiments, some political in nature, some in Hollywood. Steiner also photographed with Paul Strand THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936) and co-directed and photographed THE CITY (1939) with Willard Van Dyke and Henwar Rodakiewicz." - Robert A. Haller
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