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Gérard Uféras Color 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
Christian Lacroix Haute Couture - Models backstage
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and price on request. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists. Gerard Uferas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris III - the wonderful dancers performing
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...
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2010s Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Études" de Lander, ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris, Ballerinas dancing
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Ballerinas in classic tutus dancing by Uferas. Gerard Uferas' photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including "Liberation", "Time Magazine", "The New York Times", "Le M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Alexandra Cardinale - dancing ballerina in museum in blue dress
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists. Gerard Uferas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Stéphane Phavorin in Orphée et Eurydice" , ballet dancing man
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...
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Early 2000s Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Études" de Harald Lander, ballet de l'Opéra National de 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sandrine Marache dans "Etudes" de Harald Lander, ballet de l'Opera National
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Orphée et Eurydice de Pina Bausch, Paris
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Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists. Gerard Uferas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Christian Lacroix Haute Couture - models backstage showing legs, shoes, dresses
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
Other sizes and high end framing on request. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists. Ge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ballet de l'Opera National de Paris - Lucie Mateci dancer in the opera
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
One dancing ballerina in a bright classical tutu in the large and richly embroidered opera hall - a wonderful scene that emphasises her elegant pose against the dark and decorated ar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris III - the dancers before the performance
By Gérard Uféras
Located in Vienna, AT
PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous contemporary artists. Other sizes an framing on request. Gerard Uferas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gérard Uféras Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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