Her new show,on the edge, opens at Howard Greenberg this Saturday.
The choice of these 30 photos at Howard Greenberg is a short summary.
The same can be said of her pictures, where specificity is a bit of a red herring.
Photo: © Sarah Moon, Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Fashion has been something Ive done and enjoyedI love fashionbut I also like other things.
Ive photographed whatever had an echo.
Moon is not so interested, though, in having to signpost everything.
Sarah Moon,Hommage à Bonnard, 1997
I cant put words on it, because it would distort it, she said.
Each image in this show says a story to me.
Its a response to whatever I responded to.
Sarah Moon,La Funambule, 2003
Suddenly what it feels corresponds to what it says.
Fashion is different, she continued, because fashion is an assignment, so youhaveto respond.
But at the same time, you cant respond if you dont understand.
Sarah Moon,Fashion 11, Yohji Yamamoto,1996
Was she a model?
No, she was a hippie, Moon responded, with a gentle laugh.
That was a profession back in the 60s.
Sarah Moon,En roue libre, 2001
One day a photographer got sick and couldnt do a job, and he suggested Moon for the gig.
It was a time where everything was possible.
It was a different dialoguewhen women are posing, it is a dialogue with the camera.
Sarah Moon,Amaryllis, 2012
I was just asking nothing.
It was like backstage more than on-stage.
Im very, very grateful to Mike.
Sarah Moon,Papillon by Christian Dior, 2022
He taught me what I didnt know, Moon says.
When people say to me, When did you begin?
I say: around 68but really I began in the 70s, with him.
Anyway, it was a long time ago.
Especially when the present is so interesting.
Her eyes lit upshe was already thinking about going off there to explore.
