Through his camera lens, photographer Gérard Uféras offers a rarified backstage pass to the world’s top operas, ballets and fashion shows. Described as a storyteller and magician, Uféras shoots contemporary, figurative photographs that evoke sensuality, mystery, elegance and grace, with a rich sense of humanism.
Born in Paris, in 1954, Uféras was introduced to photography at the tender age of eight, when he began using his father’s cameras. At 11 years old, he was a regular visitor to Paris’s museums, soaking in all aspects of the arts, culture and history.
Although Uféras’s passion for photography began at an early age, it wasn’t until he was 28 — when he was working in a retail shop selling jeans — that he decided to pursue it as a professional career. “I simply didn’t know what I was doing with my life,” he has said. “For a few years at that point, I had a job that didn’t bring me any joy. . . . I realized that if I don’t do something to change my life, I will die working in that shop, so it was really a ‘matter of life’ decision.”
Despite being largely self-taught, Uféras’s natural photographic talent soon caught the eyes of French newspaper editors. He began his career as a photojournalist in 1984, working for the daily Libération, and in 1986, he became a founding member of the VU photo agency. Then, in 1988, Uféras’s watershed moment came when he was invited backstage to photograph at The Palais Garnier. Since then, he has captured stunning portraits and still-lifes at opera houses and ballet performances across Europe.
Similarly, Uféras has been given carte-blanche access to major fashion houses such as Givenchy and Dior, resulting in beautifully shot, candid photographs of unposed models.
Throughout his career, Uféras’s black-and-white and color photographs have been featured in numerous international publications, including Le Monde, the New York Times, Beaux Arts magazine, Paris Match and L’Express. His works are in the collections in several major museums, such as The National Gallery in London, the Musée de l’Elysée (Photo Elysée) in Lausanne, the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris.
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Salzburger Festspiele #1, Salzburg, Austria
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The New York Times", "Le Monde", and "Marie ...
Archival Pigment
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L´ange du Saint Francois, Salzburger Festspiele, Fine Art Photography
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
L´ange du Saint Francois d´assise de Messiaen, Salzburger Festspiele, Autrice, 1992 by Gérad Uféras. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. Daring women, teint de porcelaine, and delicate tracings in silver; the French star photographer Gérard Uféras creates masterpieces radiant with a certain je ne sais quoi. Moving the noise of everyday life into the background for a moment, his works are aesthetic oases for the senses. Curving down an exposed back, delineating delicate lines, or an ephemeral smile: Uféras is the connoisseur of fashion and ballet photography. His works are an homage to female elegance, playfulness, and jest. Gerard Uferas...
Silver Gelatin
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Christian Dior Prêt à Porter automne/hiver 2000/2001 - Fine Art Photography
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Closeup of a Model in a Dior Skirt, Fur Jacket and Boots and Rings spelling DIOR, photographed by Gérard Uféras at the Autumn/Winter Show in Paris, 2000-2001. All prints are limited ...
Silver Gelatin
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Gianfranco Ferre Pret a Porter, Milan - model in a romantic dress with a rose
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Gianfranco Ferre Pret a Porter, Milan' gives the view of a model in a romantic dress from behind. The back of the dress is covered with a white rose and...
Silver Gelatin
The Bath #1 - In Celebration of Pride Month
By David Levy
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. David Levy created this vintage silver gelatin photograph in 1995. The image was t...
Silver Gelatin
$8,500
H 30 in W 40 in
Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake Silver Gelatin Print, Signed Edition
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Schiller, Lawrence Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake 1962 / 2007 Silver Gelatin Print 30 x 40 in. Edition of 75 Signed & numbe...
Silver Gelatin
$3,000
H 24 in W 24 in
Milton H. Greene - Sophie Litvak, Life Magazine, Paris, 1952, Printed After
By Milton H. Greene
Located in Stamford, CT
Available Sizes: 24" x 24" $3,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 30" $4,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $8,500.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...
Archival Pigment
Sierra's Hotel
By Silvia Lareo-Vazquez
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase...
Silver Gelatin
$2,400
H 11 in W 14 in
Southern State, 1964, Civil Rights, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 11x14
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The photograph Southern State, 1964 by Leonard Freed captures the American South of the 1960s. An 11” x 14” gelatin silver photograph from the photographer's Black in White America s...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$3,500
H 14 in W 11 in
Handcuffed, New York, 1978 Black and White Iconic Photograph, Signed, 14x11
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
For several years in the 1970s Leonard Freed worked alongside members of the New York police department, documenting the gritty reality of life on the beat...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$5,951
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in
Avenue Simon Bolivar - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the famous members of the Humanist photography in France. Signed lower right by the artist. Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Rowing Machine
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Stamped and numbered, verso 14 x 11 inches, sheet (Edition of 15) 20 x 16 inches, sheet (Edition of 10) 24 x 20 inches, sheet (Edition of 10) From the series...
Silver Gelatin
Eric Kanigan - Why So Serious, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
"Earn the moniker “Killer,” and you’re probably capable of some pretty maniacal things. Coordinated assaults on adult gray whales. T-boning great whites to snack on their livers. Sp...
Archival Pigment, Platinum, Silver Gelatin
$4,000
H 60 in W 40 in D 0.1 in
Men and Boots. Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Channeling the energy of “water-signs” in astrology, he captures these mysterious men thru a romantic lens. The embrace of the shadows and the light mixed with the gaze of their bodi...
Archival Pigment
Eric Kanigan - Dust to Dust, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
"It’s said that we are made of “star stuff.” Most of the elements that compose all living things on Earth are the same ones released by exploding stars billions of years ago. A tidb...
Archival Pigment, Platinum, Silver Gelatin
$1,600
H 14 in W 11 in
Bistro, Paris, France, Signed Silver Gelatin Print, 14x11, 1989 by RF
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white image shot on film by Roberta Fineberg becomes an abstract chiaroscuro portrait of a young Parisan woman in elegant clothing -- ...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Christian Dior, Paris
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The New York Times", "Le Monde", and "Marie Claire" Italia. His career in...
Silver Gelatin