Macpherson, Kenneth

Kenneth Macpherson was a novelist and photographer with an interest in film making. In 1927, he married Annie Winifred Ellerman (1894-1983), also known as Bryher. With their partner, Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961), also known as H.D., they established the POOL Group, a partnership that produced publications and films. The trio also established and edited Close Up (1927-1933), an influential magazine focused on intellectual discussions of cinema. In 1931, the editorial board included Henry Joseph Hasslacher (1907-1985), also known as Oswell Blakeston. Apart from the editors, contributors to Close Up included poet Robert Herring, film critic Harry A. Potamkin, the novelist Dorothy Richardson, and psychoanalyst Hanns Sachs.