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A bird's eye view of a bicyclist in the middle of the road and two figures walking on the top right.
Untitled, Ralph Steiner, 1921, gelatin silver print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Courtesy of the Estate of Ralph Steiner.
Untitled
Date
1921
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 × 4 inches (12.7 × 10.2 cm)
Portfolio/Series
"Ralph Steiner, Portfolio II"
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Marvin and Norma Rappaport.
Object number
2017.9.3
On View
Not on view
Copyright
© Courtesy of the Estate of Ralph Steiner. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.
Label Text
As a young man learning about photography, Ralph Steiner sought the advice of more seasoned photographers such as Paul Strand (American, 1890–1976) and Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946), profound photographers who had different philosophies on what elements constituted a good photograph. While absorbing their advice, Steiner ultimately decided there was no true formula to creativity, but rather the best photographs were made when he took them to please himself. This belief is apparent in his work from the 1920s. He admitted that he photographed what he liked or what amused him as a young twenty-something living in New York City. Steiner is considered a vanguard of photography today. When he was in college at Dartmouth, he was the first and only student in their newly-offered course on photography. Afterward, he attended one year at the Clarence H. White School of Photography and went on to make successful commercial work for magazines. He also gained a reputation as a filmmaker. H2O, a silent film looking at the abstracted qualities of flowing water, today is considered the second earliest art film by art historians. He took fresh views of the people, places, and objects around him that resulted in keen, unstudied but remarkable photographs. It was this straightforwardness that found an admiring eye in a younger photographer named Walker Evans.
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