Who founded the serial club?

The chain club was originally established in response to the unsatisfactory exhibition policy of the Royal Photographic Organization.

From 65438 to 1980s, Britain became the center of photo photography in the world because of "London Photography Society" (later renamed "Royal Photography Society"). However, in 189 1, there was a heated debate among members. The cause of the incident was that at a fairly large film festival, the organizers refused to show artistic photos with soft focus, including the famous onion garden. This extreme practice has aroused the dissatisfaction of some photographers, who took this opportunity to condemn the unreasonable evaluation system of the Royal Photographic Society.

1892, a group of young photographers left the Royal Photographic Society and started their own careers. They call themselves "chain clubs" and are named after their organizational forms. A chain club is a loose organization. It has no chairman and no exhibition committee. Welcome members to join. Each member is a "ring", and each "ring" organizes activities in turn once a month. The earliest members were GeorgeDavison, AlfredMaskell, Robinson and most naturalist photographers.

From 65438 to 0893, under the guidance of CraigAnnan and Frederic Evans, this group of innovative art photographers who were tired of sharp-focus photography held the first photo exhibition, named "Series Photography Salon". Subsequently, other countries also responded with various photo salons, and the pictorial photography movement was launched vigorously.

Influenced by impressionist painting, many photographers of serial societies have brought Emerson's theory of limited visual clarity to the extreme. Through the soft light effect, the highlight in the photo is diffused, thus producing an effect similar to "Impressionism" in painting. At the same time, some new changes have taken place in the method of making photos. People use gum and pigment to control the brightness of hue, so as to achieve the purpose of artificially shaping the image. In the process of printing, you can do all kinds of processing, such as changing the image and even drawing with a pen. These methods make photos look like paintings.

Of course, most of the scenes taken by serial photographers are real and natural. The reason why they take photos like paintings, not photos, is to pursue a serious and advanced painting beauty. However, this practice is in increasingly fierce conflict with the later popular idea of direct photography.

During the period of 1908, the serial agency broke up with the newly rising American photographer. Some important members of the photographer broke up with the serial society, and there were contradictions within the serial society. With the increasing influence of photographers, the serial club broke up.