Alex Sher Photography
American
Alex Sher is an award-winning American underwater fine art photographer whose admiration of feminine sensuality heralded him to worldwide acclaim.
Sher was born in Ukraine in 1962 and started taking photographs at the age of twelve. He graduated from Kyiv University in 1984. Two years later, he volunteered as medical personnel to support the Chernobyl nuclear disaster recovery. When asked about that time, Sher says "Having no clue how much radiation you are getting makes you appreciate every breath — pretty much what you feel underwater."
Sher started showing his photographs in the early 1990s; however, he considered himself an amateur until his work was stolen from an exhibition in Kyiv.
Sher immigrated to the United States with his family in 1995 and currently resides in Los Angeles. As a former biologist and an ocean diver, Alex is deeply concerned with the decimation of kelp forests along the California Pacific Coast.
Sher’s underwater photographs emerged in 2011. In 2015, after participating in a photo competition, his works were exhibited in Paris at the Louvre Museum and later at museums in London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other major cities. Sher's first personal photo exhibition was held in 2016 in Los Angeles by the Bruce Lurie Gallery. Since then, he has had six exclusive exhibitions, has been in numerous group exhibitions, and has participated in major US art fairs.
Sher's artistic style is marked by the transition from photographing marine wildlife at the very beginning to figurative nudity, with a majority of monochrome black and white works. His most recent pieces showcase minimalism and abstraction with bright colors through a quiet, eye-catchy, and charming combination of figurative and abstract art.
Sher is an excellent underwater coach who trains his models on how to control their breath and buoyancy, as well as their feelings. He also teaches spiritual blending with the water and modeling techniques for different underwater cameras.
Sher generously shares his artistic and technical innovations. His ideas inspire underwater photographers around the world. His first photo book, Mermaids, was published in 2018. He has been represented by Touchon Gallery since 2019.
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(Biography provided by Touchon Gallery)
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Artist: Alex Sher
Wild Blood - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 62x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
There are no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and practice - and I was wrong. She was just perfect from the first second. Next month she got married and m...
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2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Starfall - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young beautiful golden hair woman on black background. Her body is partially covered with a golden scarf leaving uncovered beautiful buttocks.
Origi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 57x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Garden Pool - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 43 x 60"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women with dark hair on red background. The pool is built in the garden and you can see bright green trees ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Networking - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 35x48"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A sepiatoned artistic rendering of an underwater scene, where two naked female forms are intricately enveloped by a fishing net, suspended within a luminous environment of sunbeams a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chilled Champagne - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 16” x 23.5”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a topless model dressed in tulle and air bubbles.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Paper size: 18x24"...
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2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Smile - underwater black & white nude photograph - aluminum 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman smiling to the camera.
This minimalistic photograph blends well with wide verity of interiors.
Original digital print o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Bent Mirror - underwater photograph - print on paper 17 x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a topless young female dancer in the pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnis...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Danae - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young golden hair woman on a bottom of a pool. Her beautiful naked body is wrapped in air bubbles.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print....
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Soft Dance - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on aluminum 60x40"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a naked young woman diving in a pool. The woman is coming from the depth up toward the surface and her body reflects in the internal water surface.
O...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
The Trouble - underwater photograph - archival print 20" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A passionate furious energy radiates in the ripples of red that overtake the reflection. Intense motion, stirring the water into an explosion of bubbles we encounter “The Trouble”. T...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
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Archival Pigment
Mermaid Angel - underwater photograph - print on paper 26" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a beautiful young woman in transparent dress on dark background.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
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Archival Pigment
Eyes and Stripes - underwater black&white nude photograph archival print 52"x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black & white photograph of a young naked women. her face and classic breast are covered with sunbeams.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Starfall - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 26x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young beautiful golden hair woman on black background. Her body is partially covered with a golden scarf leaving uncovered beautiful buttocks.
Origi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Catch Me - underwater black & white photograph - archival print 14.4"x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a topless woman caught in fishing net.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print.
Limited edition of 12
Paper size: 18"x24"
Image si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sweet Dream - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 25" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white (sepia) photograph of a naked young woman covered with tulle.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
L...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Scream - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 43"x63"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An abstract composition capturing the dramatic interplay between vibrant crimson and stark white elements. The photograph presents a swirling vortex of deep red textures that dominat...
Category
2010s Abstract Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Alice - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 35" x 49"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Alice” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category
2010s Abstract Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
White Swan - underwater nude ballet photograph - print on paper 24.5” x 35”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater ballet. An underwater photograph of topless ballerina in white tutu skirt on a bottom of a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fluorescence - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 48"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful model at the bottom of a pool. The photograph has powerful monochrome schema floating from white to blue with light magenta tint.
Orig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Thundercalm - underwater black&white nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of beautiful naked young woman in a pool filled with sun light. The bottom of the pool is covered with a mysterious web of ripple shadows and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
No Way - black and white nude photograph - print on aluminum 23" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
Limited edition o...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Moonlight IV - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x26"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman in the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with reach aquatic tint.
This is t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hot Spring - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16.6x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman on red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Athena - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman with a sward.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper with metallic fi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Porcelain II - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Porcelain II" captures a young naked woman floating in dark waters, their pale form creating ethereal ripples against the black backdrop. This underwater fine art photograph showcas...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Pool Party VII - underwater black & white photograph - print on paper 36" x 54"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of young women diving naked in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Summer - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 35" x 22"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman diving in a red pool. Ripples and sunbeams are painting mysterious pattern on her perfect breasts.
Original gallery quality...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Steps - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 12 x 10"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither any places where you would ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Under - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x51"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a young naked woman in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Constellation - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater almost monochrome photograph of a naked young women wrapped in fishing net.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Water Sketch - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 18x24
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked woman diving in a pool. The photograph is printed with high grain texture - as you may see on close up fragments.
Original gal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blood Drop - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 26 x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young naked woman diving in a pool. Her face is covered with red scarf. Her beautiful naked body and the red scarf look fresh and vibrant on black backgro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Thunderweb - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a beautiful young woman in a pool filled with sun light. The bottom of the pool is covered with a mysterious web of ripple shadows and s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Dragon Dreams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival paper 16x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a model on black background. Her distorted reflection in the inner water surface reminds some mysterious creature.
Original gallery qua...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Shapes and Shadows - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 43x64"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of topless young woman with beautiful breasts.
Original digital archival pigment print signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24.
Paper s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
White Swan - underwater nude ballet photograph - print on paper 16.5” x 23.5”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater ballet. An underwater photograph of topless ballerina in white tutu skirt on a bottom of a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bent Mirror - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a topless young female dancer in the pool.
Original print on aluminum plate with solid black backboard. The artwork needs no additional fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Zero Gravity Lounge II - underwater nude photograph - archival print 17.5"x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman diving in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24.
Print p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Moonlight - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 26x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman on her back on the bottom of the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Coming Back - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 12" x 8"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Coming Back" captures a transformative moment in contemporary underwater fine art photography, where classical composition meets avant-garde expression. A figure in crimson emerges ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Blue Fall - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 27x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Blue Fall" exemplifies contemporary underwater fine art photography, merging surrealism with dynamic motion capture. In this ethereal composition, a figure in striking red fabric de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bent Sound - underwater portrait of Njomza Vitia - archival pigment print 35x50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Bent Sound" - An ethereal underwater fine art photograph that captures the intersection of music and movement through a portrait of singer Njomza Vitia. This submerged portrait tran...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Friday Night - underwater black & white photograph - print on aluminum 36" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black & white photograph of two young naked women wrapped in air bubbles.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
The a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Prophetess - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 43" x 77"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Prophetess” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of maste...
Category
2010s Abstract Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Crossfire - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 14x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman processed in an abstract black and white symmetrical composition.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Under - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on aluminum 36x53"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a young naked woman in a pool.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 12. Print #2
The artwo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Metal
Slow Motion (blue) - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and mysterious underwater photograph of a young naked woman slowly falling down through the pool water. Her strong body drops a bizarre shadow on the bottom of the pool ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Athena - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman with a sward.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper with metallic fi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Astrologist - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Astrologist” is a part of Alex Sher’s series "Reflections" - underwater photographs that could be mistaken for paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpieces by Picasso, D...
Category
2010s Abstract Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bubbles - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 17x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of beautiful naked young woman breasts covered with air bubbles.
“In my line of photography all best shots are ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mavka - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Mavka is the Ukrainian version of a mermaid, a beautiful and loving fairy tale character who hides in the forest to escape human cruelty.
Underwater photograph of a young beautiful t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Song of Songs - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman with golden scarf on black background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furni...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pristine - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" х 61"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked woman in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 44 x 64"
Image...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Andromeda - underwater black&white nude photograph - archival print 23.5x17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Andromeda, in Greek mythology, beautiful daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope. Cassiope offended the Nereids by boasting that Andromeda was more beautiful than they, so in rev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marble Cave (blue triptych) - underwater nude photograph - 3 prints 24"x18" each
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Marble Cave is a series of three underwater monochrome photographs depicting a young naked woman swimming in a pool. Her strong body drops a bizarre shadow on the bottom of the pool ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eyes and Stripes - underwater black&white nude photograph archival print 23"х16"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black & white photograph of a young naked women. her face and classic breast are covered with sunbeams.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Green Breath - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 26" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman diving on deep black background. A bright green scarf cover her breasts leaving open the perfectly shaped buttocks.
Original g...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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