Derry Moore a été principalement influencé par ses études avec Oskar Kokoshka et par la suite Bill Brandt.
Son travail apparaît dans de nombreux magazines comme Town & Country, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Men's Vogue, Nest et Country Life. Il a publié plus d'une douzaine de livres, notamment Evening Raga qui documente le changement de l'Inde entre 1976-1992, The Dream Come True (Great Houses of Los Angeles), The Englishman's Room, Inside the House of Lords, Rooms, Notting Hill, In House, Great Gardens of Italy with Monty Don et plus récemment An English Room.
La photographie de Moore est dans les collections du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The National Portrait Gallery, London, The Royal Collection et la Bibliothèque Nationale, ainsi que dans de nombreuses collections privées.
sepiaEYE is pleased to present Derry Moore: Vintage + Color. This is Moore’s first solo exhibition in North America, on view June 5-July 30, 2014. Best known for his photographs of interiors, gardens, and portraits, the exhibition will feature a selection of vintage black-and-white and lush color images of India in the 1970s and 1980s.
Soon after studying with Bill Brandt in 1971, Derry Moore embarked on his first of many trips to India with the intent of documenting palaces before they fell into ruin from disuse. He became enamored with other buildings, remnants of the colonial era, especially with those that had an oddly enchanting mix of British and Indian architecture and sensibilities, and with their inhabitants. In 1997, Moore published these images in Evening Ragas, a hauntingly beautiful study of post-Ra...