About
Sailor first
Over thirty years behind the camera, and most of them on the water.
I’m Martino Motti, a yacht photographer based in Genoa. I opened my studio in 1992 and founded Imagemotti Sas in 2016. Today I work for brokers, shipyards, charter managers, captains and owners who need images that sell a yacht.
I learned the sea before I learned the shot. Years of liveaboard sailing, including a voyage to Western Samoa and Tokelau, taught me how a yacht moves, where light falls on a deck, and how to work safely from a chase boat in open water.
I’m also a licensed skipper, a certified drone pilot and a CMAS diving instructor. One person plans the shot above the water, on deck and below the surface, and that keeps shoots short and crews relaxed.
Since 1997 I’ve also worked as a freelance journalist: more than 600 articles in 20 Italian and international magazines, and over 400 sailing and motor boats tested, up to 24 m, many of them for Nautica and Nautica Superyacht. I know what I photograph, and it shows in the pictures.
- 1975
- First camera: a Rolleiflex twin-lens
- 1987
- CMAS diving instructor. Until 1990, four excavation campaigns on Greek and Roman wrecks for the Archaeological Superintendencies of Sicily and Calabria
- 1992
- Martino Motti Fotografia opens
- 1997
- Freelance journalist, writing about boating since 2002
- 2011
- Co-author of a diving guide to all the Italian islands, published in Italian and German (224 pages)
- 2016
- Imagemotti Sas founded in Genoa
- Licences
- Skipper · Certified drone pilot · CMAS diving instructor
- Base
- Genoa, Italy. Available worldwide.
- Fine art
- Sealosophy and digital art on martinomotti.com ↗. Artworks for the cabins and corridors of the cruise ships MSC Seaside (2017) and MSC Seaview (2018)
Published in
Member of
Cover stories
On the cover
Covers for Nautica, Mercato, Barche e Gommoni, Il Gommone, Aqva and Mondo Sommerso.
Brokers & yacht managers
In their words
Any time we need to prepare a photo gallery for a yacht, we ask for his services. […] We received excellent reports from all our clients and the other brokers collaborating with us.
Maura ZaneSenior Yacht Charter Manager, West Coast InternationalLondonThe result of his work has been always stunning. He’s a really excellent yacht photographer, his yachting experience makes working with him a pleasure!
Sebastiano PitasiHead of Sales, Engel & Völkers YachtingMonacoA magnificent yacht photographer that captured all our mega yachts ranging from 70–86 m in the West Med. He owns a boat himself, so he managed to portray the yachting mentality from A to Z.
Eleftheria KoudigkeliYacht Manager, Royalton InvestmentAthensHis skills, availability and experience have always been a guarantee of great performances. We strongly recommend him.
Alessandra TerziSales Manager, EasYacht4UTaking advantage of Martino’s expertise is a sure investment!
Francesca TorrigliaCharter Broker Assistant, Peter Insull’s Yacht Marketing