George Lucozzi
George is a Boston native with an adventurous spirit and a love of the arts. Influence by his mother’s passion for the arts and armed with his father’s old camera, his path was set. Recognizing his passion for photography, his father bought him his first camera at 16 and sent him off on a trip with his grandfather to visit the family farm in Italy. Thirty rolls of film later, he was hooked.
While working as a molding technician in a manufacturing plant, George completed an Associate’s degree in Electro Mechanical Engineering and then began working on his Bachelor’s in Plastics Engineering but it was his passion for photography that ultimately won him over. He left school and continued working fulltime days in manufacturing while completing night classes at New England School of Photography in Boston.
Originally a film photographer, some of his earliest work documented his love of the New England region through stock photography. His clients expanded to included Universal Studios, On-Star, the Washington Post and Bostonian Magazine, however it was his first publication in Cape Cod Life that inspired him to start his ASA Photographic in 1996. He continued with stock work, expanded to weddings and a photographed a limited number of theater productions. The technological revolution of converting to digital in 2001, empowered him to make theater photography his unique niche. Today, ASA Photographic remains the prominent theater photography company in Massachusetts. Together with Gail, he also runs Lucozzi Portraits, specializing in family portraits, senior portraits, and professional headshots.
Gail Lucozzi
Gail Lucozzi discovered photography when she enrolled in an elective course in high school but she never thought it would become such an important part of her life. After graduation she put the camera aside and headed off to Bentley College to study Accounting but changed her major after the first year to focus on Behavioral Sciences. When she met George, her interest in photography was rekindled. Despite this, she resisted picking up a camera again-she didn't want to be "that girl". You know, the one that just does what her boyfriend likes to do? Instead she'd direct George to shots she thought he should take. George always captured fabulous imagery, but he didn't capture things the way Gail envisioned them. In the days of film, that meant that by the time the film was developed, the moment was lost. Frustrated with Gail's constant questioning and directions, and subsequent disapproval, George finally pushed his camera at her and said, "Here, you take it!" That was it. From then on George and Gail have passed a camera (many actually) between them and have been engaging in friendly competition ever since, and now own and opperate the award winning Lucozzi Portraits, in addition to ASA Photographic.
Giving back and helping others has always been a core value for Gail and she is a strong believer in the transformative power of education. Outside of portraiture, Gail completed her Master's in Higher Education at Merrimack College in 2016 and continues to work at the local community college to help struggling students find academic success.
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