Le concours, 1980
Photography : pigment ink · 40 x 50 x 5 cm 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch · Ready to hang
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Photography : numbered and limited to 15 copies
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40 x 50 x 5 cm 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
45 x 55 x 5 cm 17.7 x 21.7 x 2 inch
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This image is from one of Gérard’s first features at the beginning of 80s . He was 28 years old and had just given up business to go back to studying photography. As well as the teaching aspect, each student was encouraged to work on their own projects. Gérard discovered the world of bodybuilding through a friend whose father owned a bodybuilding accesssory shop, and who published a small magazine on the subject. Gérard was fascinated and spent several weeks covering the competitions as well as behind the scenes. His friend’s father was impressed by the images and published them in his fanzine. This is a scene in one of the locker rooms at a bodybuilding competition in Paris.
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Born in 1954 in Paris, Gérard Uféras is a French photographer.
Thanks to his father, he discovered the world of photography. The latter collected cameras, encouraging young Gérard Uféras to use them at the age of 8. At the age of 12, the youngster began visiting all the Parisian museums and developed his artistic knowledge while taming his eyes.
However, the photographer turned towards a career in trade, and moved away from the artistic world. His passion didn't fade away, and at the age of 28 he decided to completely devote himself to his reflexes.
For his themes and series, Gérard Uféras draws inspiration from the artistic world, but also from fashion and sports. Disciplines where the protagonists are influenced by their profession, according to the artist.
In 1984, he began a collaboration with the newspaper, Libération and did photo-reporting and portraits for them. Those days, he was firmly settled in communication and advertising, and this brought along his first exhibitions.
A major admirer of Cartier-Bresson, Kertész and Koudelka, he falls in with them and is one of the co-founders of the VU agency. His friendship with Willy Ronis continues to nourish his inspiration and art. An intimate and graceful photographer, Gérard Uféras didn't want to live glamorously and keeps a low profile.
His work has been exhibited around the world and he benefited from the major retrospective at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, in 2009.
Thanks to his father, he discovered the world of photography. The latter collected cameras, encouraging young Gérard Uféras to use them at the age of 8. At the age of 12, the youngster began visiting all the Parisian museums and developed his artistic knowledge while taming his eyes.
However, the photographer turned towards a career in trade, and moved away from the artistic world. His passion didn't fade away, and at the age of 28 he decided to completely devote himself to his reflexes.
For his themes and series, Gérard Uféras draws inspiration from the artistic world, but also from fashion and sports. Disciplines where the protagonists are influenced by their profession, according to the artist.
In 1984, he began a collaboration with the newspaper, Libération and did photo-reporting and portraits for them. Those days, he was firmly settled in communication and advertising, and this brought along his first exhibitions.
A major admirer of Cartier-Bresson, Kertész and Koudelka, he falls in with them and is one of the co-founders of the VU agency. His friendship with Willy Ronis continues to nourish his inspiration and art. An intimate and graceful photographer, Gérard Uféras didn't want to live glamorously and keeps a low profile.
His work has been exhibited around the world and he benefited from the major retrospective at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, in 2009.
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