Alex Sher Nude 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
Möbius Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Radiating with mythic sexuality, the mermaid’s topless body becomes fluid, her multiplying naked breasts and her scaly tail swirling into the hips of a real woman form a Möbius Strip...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hot Water - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24" x 18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving in a pool in front of bright red background.
There are no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and pra...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hibiscus - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a beautiful naked female on black background. The bright red scarf covers model's head and shoulders leaving open her beautiful butt and legs.
Original ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sweet and Spicy - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman diving in a pool. The photograph is practically black and white with light aquatic tint.
Original gallery quality print on archival metallic paper signed by the artist.
Paper size: 18" x 24"
Image size: 16" x 24"
Limited edition of 24, print #2
The artwork is furnished with certificate of authenticity, signed by artist with artist's name, edition number, edition limit, and other details.
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 the Chernobyl nuclear disaster recovery. When asked about that time, he says "having no clue how much radiation you are getting makes you appreciate every breath - pretty much what you feel underwater."
Alex Sher started showing his photographs in the early nineties; however, he considered himself an amateur artist until his work was stolen from an exhibition in Kyiv.
Sher immigrated to the US 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Infinity - underwater black and white nude photograph - archival paper 17"x22"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a topless female dancer in the pool.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival pap...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Red Tutu - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a topless dancer in red tutu skirt.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on metallic paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24
The art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Möbius Mermaid - underwater nude photo from series REFLECTIONS acrylic 33x48"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Radiating with mythic sexuality, the mermaid’s topless body becomes fluid, her multiplying naked breasts and her scaly tail swirling into the hips of a real woman form a Möbius Strip...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Pigment
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Marble Cave (triptych) - underwater b&w nude photograph - 3 prints 35"x23" each
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Marble Cave is a series of three underwater black and white photographs depicting a young naked woman swimming in a pool. Her strong body drops a bizarre shadow on the bottom of the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Porcelain II - underwater nude photograph - acrylic print 24x36"
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Pigment
Moonlight IV - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 24x18"
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 the photo IV from the Moonlight series.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 24x18"
Image size: 23.5x17"
The artwork is furnished with certificate of authenticity, signed by artist with artist's name, edition number, edition limit, and other details.
The photograph has been exhibited at:
2023 LA Art Show (Los Angeles, US)
2023 Beverly Hills Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
The Bather - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23” x 35”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a model in floating petals
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper with metallic fin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange.
Ori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
Porcelain III - underwater nude photograph - acrylic print 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman with long golden hair - on black background. This photograph belongs to the series Porcelain. The series includes my favorite photographs...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Pigment
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Sketch II - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman in the pool.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hibiscus - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35х53
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a beautiful naked female on black background. The bright red scarf covers model's head and shoulders leaving open her beautiful butt and legs.
Original ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marble Cave (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 relaxing on her back in her pool.
This monochromatic aquatic tint photograph is a part of the series Marble...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Double Trouble - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of two naked young women in the pool.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 12
The artwork is fu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
Hibiscus - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18" x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a beautiful naked female on black background. The bright red scarf covers model's head and shoulders leaving open her beautiful butt and legs.
Original ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Tutu Skirt - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 14 x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young female dancer in the pool. The dancer is putting on her tut skirt. The photograph depicts her beautiful naked butt about to hid...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Blood Drop - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 26 x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This powerful underwater nude photograph captures dramatic movement beneath the surface, where flowing crimson fabric creates striking contrast against the deep black void. The compo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Pink Flight - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 42" x 53"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman with broken umbrella. The photograph is artistically modified into a fantastic warm tinted picture. The piece looks quite abstract with c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Marble Cave (blue) - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 36х24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and mysterious underwater photograph of a young naked woman relaxing on her back in her pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with some aquati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Pink Flight - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 28” x 36”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young woman with broken umbrella. The photograph has been edited into a minimalistic abstract image, a photomosaic of terracotta pink shapes.
Origina...
Category
2010s Abstract Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
Thunderweb - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 24" x 36"
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Pool Party VII - underwater black & white photograph - print on paper 24" x 36"
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Porcelain III - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18х24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman on neutral black background.
Porcelain - aside from being an exquisite material - is the name of my project. The premise of the proj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Hot July - underwater photograph - Four Seasons - print on paper 24 x 40"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An edited underwater photograph of two naked young women wrapped in tulle.
This photograph is a part of the series ‘Four Seasons’. We offer 20% discount for buyers purchasing all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Porcelain II - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
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
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
$2,240 Sale Price
30% Off
Mercury- underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking underwater nude photograph captures dramatic movement against a pure black backdrop, where flowing crimson fabric creates dynamic contrast with pale forms. The composit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Cold December - underwater photograph - Four Seasons - print on paper 24 x 40"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An edited underwater photograph of two naked young women wrapped in tulle.
This photograph is a part of the series ‘Four Seasons’. We offer 20% discount for buyers purchasing all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Green Roll I - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 24x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving (rolling) in a pool. This extremely dynamic photograph is rich in green tones looks abstract while in fact it is entirely figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
The Bather - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18” x 24”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a model in floating petals
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper with metallic fin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crossfire - underwater black and white nude photograph - print on paper 35 x 59"
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 Feminist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Early April - underwater photograph - Four Seasons - print on paper 24 x 40"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An edited underwater photograph of two naked young women wrapped in tulle.
This photograph is a part of the series ‘Four Seasons’. We offer 20% discount for buyers purchasing all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Sweet September - underwater photograph - Four Seasons - print on paper 24 x 40"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An edited underwater photograph of two naked young women wrapped in tulle.
This photograph is a part of the series ‘Four Seasons’. We offer 20% discount for buyers purchasing all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Spark - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Alex Sher’s underwater photograph “Spark” ignites the water in a boiling fiery scene. The pale tones of the skin contrast sharply against the velvety reflections of red that consume ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
Siesta - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 8 x 12"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The nude girl of Sher’s “Siesta” drifts to sleep as her dreams encroach upon her. As her naked body begins to shimmer into an aqueous form of its own, the bubbles of air transform in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Metal
Prophetess - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 19 x 35"
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Praying Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 25"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a young topless woman in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Prophetess - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 13 x 23"
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Praying Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23" x 17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a young topless woman in a pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the author.
Limited edition of 24
Paper si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Porcelain III - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 23" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman on neutral black background.
Porcelain - aside from being an exquisite material - is the name of my project. The premise of the proj...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fluorescence - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 26" x 35"
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 Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Fish - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 24” x 18”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of young woman with beautiful blond hair.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment print on archival paper with ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Trouble - underwater photograph of a reflection - archival print 15 x 23"
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pink Flight - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18” x 24”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a young woman with broken umbrella. The photograph has been edited into a minimalistic abstract image, a photo-mosaic of terra-cotta pink shapes.
Or...
Category
2010s Photorealist Alex Sher Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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