Sarah Moon HonFRPS (born Marielle Warin; 1941) 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.

Biography

Marielle Warin was born in Vernon, France in 1941. Her Jewish family was forced to leave

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. 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. She successfully captured the fashionable atmosphere of London after the "

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", working closely with Barbara Hulanicki, who had launched the popular clothes store Biba.Pete Silverton, "Sarah Moon Profile"
''Professional Photographer''. Retrieved 28 March 2013. 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

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, Comme des Garçons and '' Vogue''. Since 1985, Moon has moved into gallery work and even started developing her own films including ''Circuss'' (2002) and ''Le Fil Rouge'' (2006). She later directed the music video for Khaled's pop hit Aïcha.

Publications

*''Improbable Memories.'' Matrix, 1981. . *''Vrais Semblants'' = Real Appearances. Parco, 1991. . *''Coïncidences.'' Santa Fe, NM: Arena, 2001. . *''Sarah Moon 1,2,3,4,5.'' London:

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, 2008. .

Exhibitions

* 1980: "Fashon" festival de photographie, Arles, France * 1983: Center of Photography, New York * 1993:

Staley-Wise Gallery Staley-Wise Gallery is a fine art photography gallery located in New York City, focusing on fashion photography, as well as portraiture, landscape, still life and nudes. The gallery was founded in 1981 by Etheleen Staley and Taki Wise. History ...

, New York * 2002: Haus der Photographie, Hamburg * 2003:

Maison européenne de la photographie The Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP; European house of photography), located in the historic heart of Paris, is a center for contemporary photographic art opened in February 1996. Location and activities The Hotel Henault de Cantobre ...

, 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 * 2013: ''Alchimies: Sarah Moon'', Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris * 2015: ''Sarah Moon − Now and Then'', Haus der photographie Deichtorhallen, Hamburg * 2016: ''Sarah Moon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,'' Kahitsukan, Kyoto Modern Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan * 2020: ''Sarah Moon − PastPresent'', Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris * 2021: ''Sarah Moon − At the Still Point'', Fotografiska, Stockholm, New York and Tallinn

Awards

* 1985: International Center of Photography's Infinity Award for Applied Photography * 1995: Grand Prix national de la photographie, France * 2007: The Cultural Award from the German Society for Photography (DGPh), with Robert DelpireThe Cultural Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)
. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. Accessed 7 March 2017. * 2008: Prix Nadar for (1 2 3 4 5, Delpire), Paris * 2018: Honorary Fellowship of the

Royal Photographic Society The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with ...

, Bath * 2022: Induction into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum

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