Opening on Friday, November 4, 2011, at 6:30 PM at the Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image – Charles Nègre, 27 Boulevard Dubouchage – Nice
From Saturday, November 5, 2011, to February 12, 2012, Sarah Moon will exhibit more than 130 images, created between 1986 and 2009, in color and black and white.
An almost thirty-year journey through the author’s photography presents the different aspects of her work. By weaving threads, correspondences, and stories between her photos, she invites viewers to enter her very personal universe, a dreamlike world, beyond reality, where the evanescence of beauty, uncertainty, and the passage of time are recurring themes.
On Saturday, November 5 >>> Screening of films directed by Sarah Moon
- 3:00 PM: Four Tales: Circuss 15’; The Owl 16’45; The Red Thread 17’43; The Mermaid of Auderville 24’50 (based on Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault)
- 6:00 PM: Mississippi One, 1h25
A Grand Dame of Photography
Sarah Moon is the leading representative of so-called “Impressionist” fashion photography. Her images, which exude a very particular atmosphere, accentuated by orchestrated blurs, are detached from reality and transport the viewer into a dreamlike world, beyond real time and space.
Her work is unlike any other, which gives it its strength and originality, earning her recognition as a grand dame of photography in her field.
After studying drawing at an art school, Sarah Moon first worked in fashion and advertising. A model from 1960 to 1966, then a photographer since 1970, she has signed some of the most creative advertising campaigns, including the one for Cacharel in 1967, which brought her international fame. Her images are published in numerous magazines (Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Marie-Claire…) and exhibited worldwide.
The year 1985 marked a turning point in her career as she decided to photograph only for herself: “photos without commission, for nothing.” She received numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion in 1986 and 1987, the Grand Prix National de la Photographie in Paris in 1995, and gained new international recognition in Germany, China, the USA, Russia…
Simultaneously, she reinterprets tales by Perrault or Andersen and directs short films, moving definitively closer to the seventh art in 1990 with the feature film “Mississippi One.”
The Exhibition 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 is originally the title given to the magnificent box set composed of five volumes, published by Robert Delpire in 2008. Conceptualized and designed by Sarah Moon, this artist’s book aims to become a reference for those who love her universe or wish to discover it. In this new work, Sarah Moon offers a retrospective and very personal look at her entire body of work: fashion, portraits, landscapes, tales… texts, memories, and the feature film “Mississippi One.”
The publication of this work subsequently led to a major exhibition that was met with great success in London, Paris, and New York.
For this presentation in Nice at the Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image, Sarah Moon designed the exhibition layout and selected more than 130 images, created between 1986 and 2009, in color and black and white. She retraces nearly thirty years of the author’s photography and shows the different aspects of her work. By weaving threads, correspondences, and stories between her photos, she invites us to enter her very personal universe imbued with three themes: the evanescence of beauty, uncertainty, and the passage of time. Once again, she transports us into a dreamlike world, beyond reality, which gives it its strength and originality.
Details of Sarah Moon’s Works
A fashion photographer since 1970, Sarah Moon has been developing personal work since 1985. Her photographs are published in numerous magazines and are also the subject of publications, such as Improbable Memories, Little Red Riding Hood, True Facades, Coincidences, Circuss, The Owl, The Red Thread, The Mermaid of Auderville, and The Black Riding Hood. In 2008, the book 1 2 3 4 5 received the Nadar Prize.
Sarah Moon has also directed several films, including a feature film, Mississippi One, and some films about photography and photographers, notably on Henri Cartier-Bresson and Lillian Bassman. Today, she works on short films inspired by the tales of Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault. Circuss, The Owl, The Red Thread, The Mermaid of Auderville, and The Black Riding Hood already exist as book-DVDs in limited editions, published by the Kahitsukan Museum in Kyoto.
