About

A photographer who speaks your language

My name is Yuriy Chartorynskyy. I was given my first camera at nine years old — and never put it down.

Yuriy Chartorynskyy — wedding photographer at CHART STUDIO, studio portrait

Yuriy Chartorynskyy · founder

It began as a child's curiosity, became a profession, and ended up being the way I see the world. Photography has never been weekend work for me: I have lived in it since I first learned to hold a camera.

Before weddings there was advertising. I worked as an advertising designer and shot campaigns for Italian shopping centres — where a frame has one second to tell a story and convince, or it does not work at all. That school taught me the essential thing: see what matters, and build a composition that needs no caption.

I am Ukrainian myself, building a career abroad — and that is exactly why I understand how much it matters for a wedding photographer to be more than a professional, but someone who truly understands you. Over six years, that grew into a reputation as one of Europe's leading Ukrainian wedding photographers — trusted by couples with the most important day of their lives.

I have been photographing weddings for over six years. This is where everything came together: the precision of advertising, a designer's eye, and photography as a language. I do not simply record a day — I gather it into a story that shows who you are to one another. Based in Naples, working across Europe.

And I do not work alone. For larger weddings a large team of photo and video professionals comes along. While one is on the bride's face, another catches her mother's tears. Nothing important passes the camera unseen.

And the thing that matters most: you can simply talk to us in your own language. No interpreters, no “I think he understood me”. That alone removes half the stress of a wedding day.

Years shooting weddings
6+
years shooting weddings
Years in design
7+
years in design
Ceremonies covered
120+
ceremonies covered
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