Gerard Uferas / The Stuff of Dreams

Rapho Agency.
With support from the European House of Photography, Paris; DUPON Laboratory, Paris; Kodak Pathé, France

Gerard Uferas

Gerard Uferas is one of the most outstanding and celebrated contemporary French photographers. From 1984 onwards he has contributed to publications including Liberation, Telerama, Fortune, Business Week, Time magazine, Beaux arts magazine, Time Independent magazine, New York Times magazine, Jardin de mode, Das Magazin, Le Speccio della Stampa, Marie Claire (Italy), Le Monde, View Point, L’Officiel, Io Donna and Fashion. Since 1993 he has been a member of the Rapho agency. As well as his career in photojournalism Uferas works as a portraitist and pursues personal projects that have culminated in book publications and exhibitions in different countries. His work features in various museum collections such as the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie in Paris, London’s National Gallery, the Lausanne Musee de l’Elysee and the Henkel Collection in Germany. Gerard Uferas has received several international awards and prizes for his work: 1987 — Art Directors’ Prize, Paris 1990 — Prix Villa Medicis hors les murs, Paris 1991 — Arts Journalism Award, London 1997 — Art Stories 2nd Prize, World Press Photo, Amsterdam 1999 — SCAM Photography Portfolio Grand Prix, Paris Gerard Uferas was universally acclaimed for his photographic series of the world’s major opera theatres a few years ago. His recently published book ‘The Fabric of Dreams’ presents Uferas in a new role, as fashion photographer. The preface was written by Christian Lacroix and Sarah Mower.