Hands




 

""I left still photography," Van Dyke writes, "because it could not provide the things that I knew films could provide. I was excited and interested in film as a pure medium of expression, but I was more interested in using it for a social end."  Willard Van Dyke


Presents a series of hands engaged in activities that range from resting to important daily tasks, to dramatize the greater economic value of hands put to work by the Works Progress Administration.

Hands, B&W, silent, circa 1934. Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. 5 minutes.
 
 

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