Erika Nathalie Tal-Shir is a Fine Art & Portrait photographer, and co-founder of Beam Collective.She was born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium, and lives today in Raanana, Israel with her family, 2 dogs and 2 street cats.
Erika was nearing her fifties, when she picked up a camera. She studied 2 years of photography in Studio Gavra, Tel Aviv, and continued afterwards to study with many internationally renowned photographers like Tracy Willis, Sue Bryce, Pauline Duczman and others.
Her work is heavily influenced by her upbringing in a city that breathes history and her passion for literature brought her on the path of a never ending fascination for the 19th century. By shooting portraits in this specific Fine Art style, she is following her own passion and intuition, portraying the innocence of children and youngsters, and trying to keep values like purity, faith and inner beauty alive.