Sarah Moon

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Sarah Moon (actually Marielle Warin; * 1941 in Vernon ) is a French photographer and filmmaker . She began her career as a mannequin under the stage name Marielle Hadengue.

First years

Marielle Warin was born during the Second World War , when her Jewish mother fled from the invading German troops in 1941 to live with her husband, who was stationed as a soldier on the French-Italian border. After a short time her parents took her to Switzerland to live with her grandfather, where she survived the war. After the war she grew up in France and spent a year in England when she was ten.

From 1960 to 1966 she worked on the catwalk in London and Paris as a mannequin, mainly for haute couture . Under the name Marielle Hadengue , she became the face of advertising campaigns for various fashion companies.

Working as a photographer

As a photographer, Marielle Hadengue was self-taught . At first it was her hobby to take pictures of her photo model colleagues. Her work attracted attention and as a result she got paid photo jobs.

Sponsored by her husband Robert Delpire , she exhibited her work for the first time in 1968. In 1970 she decided to devote herself entirely to photography and to give up her career as a model. She gave herself the stage name Sarah Moon. It became known for being able to capture the special atmosphere of London's Swinging Sixties . She worked closely with fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki , who ran the popular Biba fashion house in London-Kensington .

In 1972, Sarah Moon became the first woman to design the Pirelli calendar . She worked for a long time with the fashion company Cacharel . She then got orders from the fashion houses Chanel , Dior and Comme des Garçons . Her pictures appeared in the fashion magazines Vogue , Marie Claire and Elle . She also illustrated books such as Little Red Riding Hood .

Working as a filmmaker

From 1985 on, Sarah Moon devoted herself entirely to her exhibitions and also worked as a filmmaker. In addition to a number of commercials, she created a pop video: Äicha by Khaled (whose title refers to a song by the singer Cheb Khaled ). She made a documentary about the photographer friend Henri Cartier-Bresson and made her first feature film, Mississippi One , in 1990 .

Five years later, Sarah Moon took part in the international film project Lumière et Compagnie . It was intended as a homage to the invention of the cinematograph by the Lumière brothers , whose centenary was celebrated at the time. 41 well-known directors from many countries shot short films with the original camera from the 19th century without cuts or artificial light, the duration of which was limited to 52 seconds, as it was then.

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Exhibitions (selection)

Prices (selection)

  • 1979: Golden Lion (commercials for Cacharel)
  • 1979, 1986, 1987: each Golden Lion (for commercials)
  • 1986: César (commercial for Cacharel)
  • 1989: Silver Lion (for commercials)
  • 1995: Grand Prix national de la photographie , France.
  • 2007: Culture Prize of the German Society for Photography , Hamburg .
  • 2008: Prix ​​Nadar for 1 2 3 4 5 , éditions Delpire, France.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Thomas Honickel: "You shouldn't get lost in this grid - a conversation with the photographer Sarah Moon." In: Photo News 12 / 15-1 / 16, 2015, p. 10.
  2. ↑ a b Pete Silverton, Sarah Moon Profile , Professional Photographer . Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ Sarah Moon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

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SURNAME Moon, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Warin, Marielle (maiden name); Hadengue, Marielle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French mannequin, photographer and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Vernon