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on numerous occasions throughout his career. He opened a photographic studio in London in 1925. Four years later, he opened an interior design showroom and gallery, displaying a combination of modern, antique and
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Moffat undertook interior design commissions, often collaborating with John Duncan Miller. In 1930 one of the rooms was converted to a picture gallery and run by
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Moffat's original and eclectic taste in art and design also extended into the area of gastronomy. He was an early member of the Wine and Food
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exhibition "Photography 1839–1937". On 16 April 1936 in London, he married
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in London called the "M Studio". His large and striking black and white portraits of friends such as the
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in London. A book, edited by Martin Barnes with essays by Mark
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