As part of 2026’s Normandy Impressionist Festival, which is dedicated to gardens, Sarah Moon was invited to take a stroll through the paths and gardens of Normandy.
Storms thwarted the original plan to work during the winter, so the photo shoot took place in the early days of spring.
During March and April 2026, Sarah Moon visited Giverny, Claude Monet’s gardens, as well as the Château de Vauville and the Château de Flamanville, and walked along the coastal paths in the Cotentin.
At these two geographical extremes of Normandy, she took, as is her wont, the back roads. In Monet’s garden, it was the water that held her attention above all else, and the landscapes of light that take shape there.In the Cotentin, near the La Hague peninsula, she captures in her frame the roads lined with tall trees that bend and draw in the visitor who ventures there;
here, the winding paths, suddenly revealing, in the folds of the dune, a wild, unexpected garden, like a treasure sheltered in the palm of a hand.
The result is a dozen black-and-white photographs, presented in the exhibition, with subtle tones brought out by the palladium print on Japanese paper.
