Overview
At the age of 18, while living in Paris, he set out to learn everything he possibly could about art forms and cultures. It was a period of intense learning, reading, and practice that lasted ten years. He studied photography for 3 years at the Atelier Reflexe in Montreuil, where he met the photographers Michael Ackerman and Antoine D'Agata, who informed Vincent Moon’s experiments of style. At the time, he used to put his photos in motion, using simple slideshow techniques and music to tell stories. In 2003, Vincent Moon started the photography blog Les Nuits de Fiume, documenting Parisian nightlife.
As a result of his encounter with the work of experimental filmmakers Peter Tscherkassky and Stephen Dwoskin, Vincent Moon started to make films in 2005. For the next two years he made short films, mixing intimate storytelling experiment with various techniques, from super 8 to cellphone cameras. He was quick to grasp the various possibilities the internet offered for releasing and sharing his work online and freely. At this time, he also initiated various projects related to music, directing lo-fi videos for Clogs, Sylvain Chauveau and The National (band) (a band who used Moon's photos for their album Alligator).
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