Linked ring
The Brotherhood of the Linked Ring, Linked Ring for short , was an association of photographers who felt committed to the development of photography as a means of artistic expression.
It existed from May 9, 1892 to November 1909. The Linked Ring was founded by Alfred Horsley Hinton , Henry Peach Robinson , Alfred Maskell , George Davison , as a spin-off from the Royal Photographic Society , in which their own artistic interests were not sufficiently supported . Henry Hay Cameron and Lyonel Clark . The circle of members soon expanded beyond the United Kingdom to include, for example, René Le Bègue , Robert Demachy , Hector Colard , Alfred Stieglitz , Fred Holland Day and Hugo Henneberg . In the course of time, members who took photography as a livelihood, such as Gertrude Käsebier , were also accepted . The works of its members vary greatly in style, but pictorialism is the most strongly represented.
A unanimous decision of all members was required for admission to the association. The main activities were a monthly gathering to discuss aesthetic issues and an annual exhibition (Photographic Salon). In the Brotherhood it was customary to address each other by pseudonyms, for example Joseph Keiley , a lawyer by profession, was "The Attorney". When the main goal of the association, the promotion of art photography , was achieved, it finally dissolved in 1909, presumably due to differences in selection criteria.
literature
- Anne Hammond in: Michel Frizot (Ed.): A New History Of Photography. Könemann, Cologne 1994/1998, ISBN 3-8290-1328-0 , pp. 293–333 on pictorialism in general, p. 306 with regard to the Linked Ring in particular.
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Koschatzky: The art of photography. Technology, history, masterpieces. dtv, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-7017-0386-8 , p. 135.