Sacha van Dorssen was born in Holland, in Rotterdam where she began her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Sint Joost in Breda in 1960. In 1963 she arrived in Paris and started her a career as a fashion photographer. It was at this moment in time, that she decided to adopt the name, Sacha.
Jean-François Camp, the director of the Dupon Photo Lab, is a great admirer of Sacha. He decided to expose her pictures, and here he explains:
Working foremost as a Fashion photographer for four decades, her work can be found within a large variety of French and foreign magazines, as well as publicity campaigns.
In 1964, at the beginning of her Parisian career, Sacha was a regular contributor for the magazine Elle. Throughout the sixties she continued to develop her style in the context of fashion; working in England with Harpers Bazaar and the Sunday Times magazine.
In 1977, she started a close collaboration with the magazine Marie Claire that lasted for over 20 years. Both sensual and striking, Sacha’s photos continued to grace the pages of influential and respected magazines such as British Vogue, Stern, Harper Bazaar Italy, Marie Claire bis, GQ and American Elle.
“As a young photographer, I used to greatly admire the pictures by Sacha featured in ELLE and in Marie Claire. I loved the models, of course, but also the lights, the finely scripted compositions and the atmosphere of these images. The happiness and the joy of life would reign, faithfully reflecting the spirit an era filled with charm.
Our first meeting was an important moment for me, as I would be introduced to somebody that, without knowing me, had helped me to refine my photographic eye. The idea to show a selection of her work at the Espace Dupon began to grow in me after I saw her beautiful exhibition at the Institut Néerlandais. That retrospective seemed, in my opinion, to be missing some large format prints.
Under the artistic direction of Gabriel Bauret, we have produced a very nice set of images in a format that remains in harmony with the subject.”
Jean-François Camp
Sacha, Sous le soleil exactement
Until September 21
74, rue Joseph de Maistre
75018 Paris
