Tetyana Erhart | Ukrainian Beauty
Traditional Folk portraits
Tetyana Erhart believes that photography is a way to preserve a person’s energy and express emotions at a particular moment. Photos revive feelings that were once felt. For example, a mother’s hand can evoke maternal love through a portrait. They can always bring us back to the most beautiful memories in life: when she brought you a coffee she made herself the last time you visited her, or a bowl of porridge or soup when you were sick in your childhood.
Couples can also revisit their shared memories when they look through pictures of themselves from the past, connecting them to the essence of their relationship. As time passes, feelings fade, but photography brings us back to our experiences, allowing us to relive the best of our existence. Our personal connection with the past enhances our current energy via photography.
Erhart made this series of portraits of young Ukrainian women in traditional clothing.
The models are the handball players in the Lviv women’s handball team Halychanka. The clothing and accessories were from the private collection of Roksolyana Shymchuk, who was also the stylist.
Tetyana Erhart | Ukrainian Beauty
“Photography is a way to preserve a person’s energy and express emotions at a particular moment. Photos revive feelings that were once felt.”
Tetyana Erhart is a professional photographer from Lviv, Ukraine, where she currently lives and works. She specializes in painterly portraits of women and works masterfully with both natural and studio lights.
Tetyana’s master skill is in directing models so that they feel comfortable from within. She believes this is what brings out the best in them on camera, creating a timeless record of the stories each of us wants to tell the world.
Her journey in photography began with studying the art of photography and retouching with British, American, and German professionals, as well as with the famous portrait photographer Sue Bryce. She also attended photography workshops in Germany and Poland. In 2015, Erhart opened her own photography studio, which grew in 2020 and became the ERTE Creative Group.
Tetyana Erhart has received numerous international professional recognitions, including from the Portrait Masters Awards for several years.
Tetyana first exhibited her works in Austria in 2009. From 2010 to 2018, she received 25 bronze awards at the international photo competition The Portrait Masters in several categories, including children, adolescents, women, modern and family portraits, pregnancy photos, and animal photos. Her portraits of women and children were exhibited at the Potocki Palace in Lviv in 2018.