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Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

French, b. 1954

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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Artist: Gérard Uféras
L'etoffe des reves Christian Lacroix, Paris - woman with corsage on in balldress
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 60 x 80 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Grand Palais, A day in the museum, Fine Art Photography
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The N...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

A day in the museum - father and daughter looking at art, two woman with dress
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The N...
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2010s Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

A day in the museum - people in front of window with clock looking outside
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberat...
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2010s Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

A day in the museum - Tate Modern - Dad running with his children
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The N...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

A day in the museum - children playing in the light and jumping
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The N...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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A day in the museum - face on the window with cars driving outside b&w
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The New York Times", "Le Monde", and "M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

A day in the museum - figures and man in the berggruen museum
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The N...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

A Day in the museum - child lying on the sofa with teddy bear
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The N...
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2010s Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

A day in the museum - child playing with ballons in the light
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. Available in 80 x 120 cm as well. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberat...
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2010s Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bolshoi Theatre #1, Moscow, Russia - dancers behind the scenes standing in doors
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and framing on request. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The New York Times", "Le Monde", and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

English National Opera #1, London, England - women behind the scences play cards
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and prices on request. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The New York Times", "Le Monde", and "...
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1990s Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris III - the dancers before the performance
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes an framing on request. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The New York Times", "Le Monde", and "...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Adam Jones Pret a Porter printemps 2002, Paris - Ballet dancers with bots
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
This black and white photography shows a staircase and a Model lying on the lowest visible stairs. Only her legs in white satin boots and a tulle skirt are...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Still-life Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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