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“Marthe”, 1997 © Sarah Moon, courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery. Colour pigment print, paper size 150 x 189 cm, edition of five
What to look out for at the art fair in the capital.
MR PORTER has teamed up with Photo London to ask some experts from the world of photography (as well as some enthusiasts from our own team) to select their favourite image from the fair. Read about the photograph chosen by portrait photographer Ms Siân Davey, below.
Ms Davey came to prominence with her portraiture series Looking For Alice, exploring her relationship with her daughter Alice, and society’s treatment of people with Down’s syndrome. Her recent series, Martha, has established Ms Davey as a leading figure in feminist photography. Her chosen image is by Ms Sarah Moon, a largely unheralded 78-year-old French-Jewish former model turned photographer, whom captured female life in 1960s London using polaroid film.

Photograph courtesy Ms Siân Davey
“I think Sarah Moon is the great living fashion photographer – an artist whom has always taken her own route and always existed outside of the mainstream. Here, she used a polaroid camera before scanning and pigment printing the image, creating this ethereal surface quality. It’s a very beautiful photograph that has to be seen in a gallery.”
