About Marco Joe Fazio STUDIO
A strategic communication studio built around space, culture and story
We are
Les Convoiteurs d’ÉmotionWe build reputation through strategy, narrative and visual communication.
Marco Joe Fazio Studio works with hospitality and design-led brands whose real experience, expertise or craft deserves to be understood more clearly.
We identify what an audience needs to feel, understand and remember. We then shape the story and create the communication assets that carry it from first impression to decision.
Why the Studio exists
A hotel can deliver a remarkable guest experience yet still appear ordinary online.
An architect can complete an intelligent project without communicating the decisions, collaboration and specialist craft behind it.
A restaurant can create atmosphere, ritual and distinctive service, while its digital presence reduces the experience to a menu and a collection of disconnected images.
The gap between real quality and perceived quality is where reputation, trust and commercial opportunity are often lost.
Exceptional work does not always explain itself. Marco Joe Fazio Studio exists to close that gap.
We clarify what makes the organisation or experience worth choosing, shape it into a coherent narrative, and create the photography, film and communication system required to make that value visible.
Where our perspective began
Architecture taught us to look beyond the surface
The Studio was founded by Marco Joe Fazio, whose work began in architecture, interiors and lighting design before evolving into creative direction, photography and film.
That background continues to shape how we approach every commission.
Architecture teaches that a space is never merely a frame. It is a sequence of relationships among people, purpose, material, light, movement and culture.
Lighting teaches that perception can be directed without becoming artificial.
Photography and film provide the means to translate those relationships into something an audience can understand before experiencing the place for themselves.
This is why our work begins before the camera.
We first consider the commercial objective, the audience, the surrounding context and the meaning that must endure beyond the production day.
The architect with a guitar
Marco’s perspective was also shaped by music.
Rhythm, tone, silence and progression influence how the Studio constructs visual and sound-led narratives. Architecture provides structure. Music provides pace and emotion. Together, they inform a way of telling stories that is precise without becoming mechanical.
Why hospitality became a natural focus
Hospitality brings together space, service, culture, ritual and emotion.
A guest decides long before arrival. They interpret the architecture, rooms, food, people, the surrounding destination and signals of service through a fragmented set of digital touchpoints.
Our work helps those elements communicate as a single experience.
The Studio’s architectural foundation enables us to read the physical environment. Our cultural and hospitality insight helps us understand what gives it identity. Strategy, narrative, photography and film then translate that experience into something people recognise, trust and desire.
Hospitality is our lead market, but not our boundary.
We continue to work with architects, interior designers, specialist makers, food-and-beverage businesses and other design-led organisations whose value depends on place, craft and considered experience.
Understand the experience before deciding what to produce:
the Space+Style™ methodology
Space+Style™ is the strategic communication methodology developed by Marco Joe Fazio Studio.
It brings together space, culture and narrative to examine how a brand or experience is encountered, interpreted and remembered.
It helps us determine:
what the audience currently sees and understands
where perception becomes incomplete or inconsistent
what they need to feel before taking action
which stories can provide credible evidence
which assets are genuinely required
where those assets must work after delivery
Experience → Meaning → Narrative → Communication → Reputation
Photography, film, interviews, written narratives and digital systems are selected only once that communication role is clear.
The result is not more content for its own sake. It is a more coherent relationship between the experience, the story and the decision the audience is being asked to make.
How we work
Strategy before output
We begin with the objective and the audience. The camera, format and production structure follow from what the communication needs to achieve.
Space as experience
We consider architecture, atmosphere, service, people and culture as parts of one system. This prevents the visual work from becoming beautiful but disconnected.
The right team for the story
A consistent core team protects the strategic and creative direction. Trusted specialists are introduced when their experience materially improves the work.
Calm, considered production
Hotels, restaurants, private residences and working environments require sensitivity. We plan around access, operations, guests, staff and the natural rhythm of the location.
Assets with a destination
Every principal photograph, film and narrative should have an intended role across websites, presentations, public relations, campaigns, editorial or ongoing communication.
The people behind the work:
Les Convoiteurs d’Émotion
Les Convoiteurs d’Émotion is the collective name for the people who contribute to Marco Joe Fazio Studio.
It reflects our belief that technical ability must remain in service of something human. Strategy, cultural understanding and production craft come together around the story, rather than operating as disconnected services.
Core Studio
The Core Studio maintains continuity across strategy, creative direction, production and communication.
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Marco Fazio
founder, creative director & visual strategist, MArch (Hons), AOP
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Geena Chohan
production & client relations manager | certified drone pilot
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Tara Clark
production designer & stylist
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Stephanie Fazio
cultural strategist & hospitality experience advisor
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Shannon Lee Deakins
studio content assistant
Studio Intelligence
Research and analysis support the human judgement behind every strategic and creative decision.
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Hal 9C66
visionary synthesis specialist
Specialist Studio Network
We maintain relationships with trusted independent specialists across design, hospitality, communications and technical production. They join the work when their expertise materially strengthens the strategy, story or final execution.
The precise team is assembled according to the objective, environment and complexity of each commission.
strategy, design and communication
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Marco Vacca
graphic & digital designer
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Gian Marco Tavani
PR & art director-at-large
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Stefano Chilà
hospitality & guest experience consultant
production and technical craft
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Joel Rainsley
gaffer & lighting technician
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Wayne Maurice Smith
camera assistant & photographer
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Julia Antsibor
photo retoucher & editorial specialist
Would you like to work with the Studio?
Every commission begins with a clear objective and the story to be communicated. From there, we assemble the right mix of strategic, creative and technical expertise.
Alongside our core team and the established Specialist Studio Network, we welcome introductions from thoughtful practitioners who may complement future assignments.
We are interested in people who combine strong individual craft with curiosity, reliability and a respect for collaboration. This may include specialists working across:
photography and film production
lighting, camera and sound
production design, styling and art direction
editing, colour and post-production
graphic and digital design
hospitality and cultural research
writing and editorial development
production assistance and behind-the-scenes communication
hair, make-up, performance and other project-specific disciplines
We value people who contribute to the meaning of the work, not simply perform an isolated technical function.
If you would like to introduce yourself, please send:
a concise introduction
your principal role and location
a portfolio or relevant examples
a CV or summary of experience, where appropriate
your usual availability and preferred types of commission
We review every introduction we receive. As opportunities depend on the requirements, location and timing of individual commissions, we may contact only those whose experience appears relevant to current or forthcoming work.
An introduction does not guarantee a response, a meeting or a future assignment.
Personal information submitted with an introduction will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Open Positions
Current vacancies, placements and structured learning opportunities are published here:
telling [fashion] stories™ is a learning initiative for emerging practitioners interested in the relationship between photography, film, set design, styling and narrative.
Internship opportunities may support selected workshops, editorial projects or Studio productions. Availability, responsibilities and entry requirements vary by programme.
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