“Why should there be only one sort of photography? I want to create images with elements of my choosing, narrative or evocative… I give myself a literary frame, I tell a story.” – Sarah Moon
Michael Hoppen present the fifth solo exhibition of work by the inimitable Sarah Moon, marking over thirty years of collaboration. The exhibition brings together a selection of new colour and black and white photographs from 2003 to the present.
A key figure in the history of photography, Sarah Moon first established her career as a model in the 1960s before moving behind the camera in the early 1970s. Moon developed her distinctive visual language that challenged the conventions of fashion photography; her work is instantly recognisable as poetic, elusive, and deeply personal.
Moon is, above all, a storyteller. Her photographs unfold like fragments of memory, suspended between dream and disappearance. Whether working in fashion, the natural world, or architecture her images resist the literal and invite interpretation. This can be clearly seen in a recent body of work created in collaboration with Dior, which resulted in a major three-volume book published by Delpire & Co in 2022.
Working in both colour and black and white, Moon is recognised for her soft-focus aesthetic, muted tonal range, and carefully controlled printing process. Her attention to the final print remains central to her practice, resulting in photographs distinguished by their depth, subtlety, and material quality.
This exhibition affirms Sarah Moon’s position as one of the most distinctive and influential voices in photographic history.
The gallery will be open Saturday May 16, 2026 10.30 am – 5 pm for a special viewing to coincide with Photo London week. The exhibition will continue until July 17, 2026.
Sarah Moon
Until July 17, 2026
Michael Hoppen Gallery
10 Portland Rd.
London W11 4LA, United Kingdom
www.michaelhoppengallery.com
