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.

From the guide to the Photograph File of Close Up Magazine, 1911-1947, 1926-1933, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)