Steichen
(Isaac Kleinerman, US 1954, 29 min., 16mm)
Edward Steichen
(unknown director, US 1936, 11 min., 16mm)
[Steichen at Mt. Kisco]
(Agnes Meyer, US 1926, 3 min., DCP)
The Kingdom of Flowers
(unknown director, France 1910, 3 min., 35mm)
Fleurs
(unknown director, France 1912, 3 min., 35mm)
When Flowerland Awakens in Japan
([Le printemps au Japon], unknown director, France 1916, 9 min., 35mm)
Chrysanthemums
(Segundo de Chomón, France 1909, 3 min., 35mm)
When Flowers Bloom
(unknown director, US 1929, 10 min., 35mm)
With the new exhibition Edward Steichen and the Garden now open in the galleries, enjoy this celebration of both at The Dryden. The first half of the program features the photographer himself, first in a half-hour NBC special looking back on his life and career. Then we see Steichen at work and at play, in a film that captures him in the studio during his commercial phase, and with a home movie that shows him at Mt. Kisco, east of the Hudson River, which was an important place for him. The second half of the program explores the extent of floral photography in silent film. Using the genres of travelogue, trick film, and narrative, and with an assortment of color processes, this was how early audiences saw the beauty of flowers in the first decades of the century.