Gérard Uféras was born in Paris, where he currently lives. 1984: Gérard Uféras began contributing on a regular basis to the newspaper Libération, for which he did numerous reports and which organised his first exhibition.
He went on to publish regularly in Beaux-Arts, The Independent Magazine, Jardin des modes, Das Magazin, Marie-Claire, Madame Figaro, Le Monde, View Point, L’Officiel, L’Express, Io Donna, D:La Repubblica Delle Donne, Amica, Il Corriere della Sera, Paper Magazine, Another Magazine e Paris Match.
In 1986 Gérard Uféras took part in setting up the VU agency and in 1993 he joined the Rapho agency.
Alongside photojournalism, he did portraits, shot advertising campaigns and fashion series, and pursued his own personal research, which resulted in exhibitions in many countries. His photographs have been featured in numerous publications Dior, 30 avenue Montaigne, Paris d’Amour, Un pas vers les étoiles, Il Piccolo Teatro di Milano; Dés comme Dior and many others. His work has received a vast number of awards including a Word Press Photo and the Prix Villa Médicis hors les murs.and is found in the collections of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, the Union centrale des arts décoratifs, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the National Gallery in London, the Musée de l’Élysée in Lausanne, the Salzburg Festival in Austria, the Henkel Collection in Germany, the Photography Centre in Moscow.