How did the chain club rise?

From the end of 19 to the beginning of the 20th century, two important photography groups were established successively. They are people who are divorced from photography.

1892 Established a chain club in London, England. This new photography school advocates photo photography, and advocates the evaluation of photographic works, regardless of subject matter and techniques, not limited to the style of expression, but only the artistic taste and style of the works. These ideas have won wide welcome and support in the field of artistic photography, and almost all important photographers have become members of the serial club. Under the banner of a series of games, photo photography once became the mainstream of artistic photography in the world.

1902, the photographer separated from the serial meeting was established in new york, USA. Under the leadership of Shi Tigri, photographers, with their avant-garde spirit, promoted the transformation of artistic photography from photo photography to modern artistic photography, and established the development direction of artistic photography in the 20th century.

First, the rise and fall of the chain 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 member was George? George Davidson, Alfred? AlfredMaskell, Robinson and most naturalist photographers.

1893, this group of innovative art photographers tired of sharp-focus photography in Craig? Clegannan and Frederick? Under the guidance of Evans, the first photo exhibition was held, which was 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.