Sarah Moon
Sarah Moon (born 1941), previously known as Marielle Warin, is a French photographer. Initially a model, she turned to fashion photography in the 1970s. Since 1985, she has concentrated on gallery and film work.[1]
Biography
Marielle Warin was born in Vernon in 1941. Her Jewish family was forced to leave occupied France for England. As a teenager she studied drawing before working as a model in London and Paris (1960–1966) under the name Marielle Hadengue. She also became interested in photography, taking shots of her model colleagues. In 1970, she finally decided to spend all her time on photography rather than modelling, adopting Sarah Moon as her new name.[2] She successfully captured the fashionable atmosphere of London after the "swinging sixties", working closely with Barbara Hulanicki, who had launched the popular clothes store Biba.[3]
In 1972, she shot the Pirelli calendar, the first woman to do so. After working for a long time with Cacharel, her reputation grew and she also received commissions from Chanel, Dior, Comme des Garçons and Vogue. In 1985, she moved into gallery and film work, even making a pop video, Aicha by Khaled.[3]
Publications
- Improbable Memories. Matrix, 1981. ISBN 978-0-936554-31-0.
- Vrais Semblants: Sarah Moon. Parco, 1991.
- Coïncidences. Arena, 2001. ISBN 978-1-892041-46-3.
- Sarah Moon 1,2,3,4,5. London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. ISBN 978-0500287835.
Recent exhibitions
- 1980: "Fashon" festival de photographie, Arles, France.
- 1983: Center of Photography, New York.
- 1993: Staley-Wise Gallery, New York.
- 2002: Haus der Photographie, Hamburg.
- 2003: Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris.
- 2004: Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan.
- 2008: Cirkus, Leica Gallery, Prague.
- 2011: Théâtre de la Photographie et de l'Image Charles Nègre, Nice .
- 2012: The Black Hood, Multimedia Art Museum / Moscow House of Photography.
- 2015: Sarah Moon − Now and Then, Haus der photographie Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Awards
- 1995: Grand Prix national de la photographie, France.
- 2007: Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie, Germany.
- 2008: Prix Nadar for (1 2 3 4 5, Delpire), Paris.
References
- ↑ Anne-Laure Quilleriet, "La photographie selon Sarah Moon", L'Express, 6 May 2010. (French) Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ Sarah Moon (in French), Ykone, archived from the original on December 2, 2013
- 1 2 Pete Silverton, "Sarah Moon Profile", Professional Photographer. Retrieved 28 March 2013.