Marcello Pozzetti

I am a professional photographer and I have been all my working life
.Photography has been a passion of mine for my entire life. My first memory of photography was at the age of 9, when my father returned from a business trip in the United States – he brought me back a small camera, he had bought it for just one dollar, I was hooked on photography from that moment…

Within the next three or four years, I had set up a makeshift darkroom, in a small cupboard in my parents’ house. I was able to develop my Black and White films, and make some basic prints using an old, Russian enlarger called a Lupa 5, which was given to me by a neighbour. This very neighbour happened to be the local photographer, and actually my first ever mentor.

As at teenager, I decided to go to university to study Chemistry and consequently moved to Milan where I got more involved in the photography business and , having landed a great job as assistant photographer at a prestigious Photographic studio in Milan, I eventually dropped out of university, after two years.

When I first moved to the UK, I got a photographic job working for England’s favorite tabloid, The Sun Newspaper; I worked here for 15 years. In the 90's (early) I won some Kodak Press awards and Agfa Press awards for News Sport photography (darkroom printing). I balanced my life between the darkroom and news/sport photography. I continued to work like this until digital revolution changed the world of photography - I started my own Sports Photographic Agency IPS in 1999.

I always loved the "buzz" and creativity of the photographic studios and often missed it so in 2009 I decided to go back to my first love: a photographic studio.
I found a beautiful studio space here in Greenwich, very bohemian...very me
I named the studio Prima Donna because I want everyone who comes to be photographed there must feel like one...because everyone is special .

I love my job, and feel very lucky to be able to work with so many wonderful people.