Association of photographers that flourished in Britain between 1892 and 1909. The association was founded by a group of artistic photographers (mainly Pictorialist) who were disenchanted with the attitudes and activities of the council members of the Photographic Society of Great Britain, the majority of whom were photographic scientists and technologists (see PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY). The lecture and exhibition programmes were directed to their interests. Alfred Maskell and George Davison were instrumental in bringing together on 27 May 1892 the 15 British photographers who were the founders of the Linked Ring: Bernard Alfieri, Tom Bright, Arthur Burchett (1875–1913), Henry Hay Cameron (1856–1911, son of Julia Margaret Cameron), Lyonel Clark, Francis Cobb, Henry E. Davis, Alfred Horsley Hinton (1863–1906), Henry Peach Robinson and his son Ralph W. Robinson (1862–1942), Francis Seyton Scott, Henry Van der Weyde and William Willis (1841–1923). All were either distinguished photographers or closely involved in the medium. The name was chosen to symbolize the unity of the members linked together in a spiritual and aesthetic band of brothers. The association was constituted ‘as a means of bringing together those who are interested in the development of the highest form of Art of which Photography is capable’ and those only were eligible who admitted the artistic capabilities in photography.

• Linked Ring
  • Day, F. Holland
  • Meyer, Adolf de
  • Photography, §II, 8: The re-emergence of photography as art
  • members
    • Pictorial photography
    • Annan, James Craig
      • Annan: (2) James Craig Annan
    • Coburn, Alvin Langdon
      • Coburn, Alvin Langdon
    • Davison, George
      • Davison, George
    • Eugene, Frank
      • Eugene, Frank
    • Evans, Frederick H(enry)
      • Evans, Frederick H.
    • Gloeden, Wilhelm von
      • Gloeden, Wilhelm, von
    • Henneberg, Hugo
      • Henneberg, Hugo
    • Kühn, (Carl Christian) Heinrich
      • Kühn, Heinrich
    • Robinson, Henry Peach
      • Robinson, Henry Peach
    • Steichen, Edward J(ean)
      • Steichen, Edward J.
    • Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow
      • Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow
    • Watzek, Hans (Josef)
      • Watzek, Hans
    • White, Clarence H(udson)
      • White, Clarence H.