H₂O

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H₂O (1929)
directed by Ralph Steiner

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Director	Ralph Steiner (d. 1986)
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4713609H₂O1929Ralph Steiner

Glenn Photo
Supply

presents

1929

H₂O

Protographed and composed
by
Ralph Steiner

(Acquired through the courtesy of Mr. Steiner)

Ralph Steiner, associated with many of the best films or the American documentary movement, began his camera career as a still photographer. His first two films, H₂O and Sea Weeds, he produced on a special grant. Both won the acclaim of the advance guard audiences of that day, with H₂O especially favored. A simple study of the patterns of light and shadows on water, it approches the abstract film in its climax as the camera becomes increasingly absorbed with texture and design.

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