Okoro, Photography and Studio Hire in Peckham, London
Portraits, places and still lifefor brands and magazines.Mostly on film.
London
Okoro is Ada Okoro, a photographer, and the daylight room she works from on Copeland Road. She shoots portraits, places and still life for brands and magazines, and when the room is free it's yours: the curved wall, twelve rolls of paper and north light from nine till seven.
Selected Work
01 / 06
Red Season
Maren Atelier, fashion, 2026
Job 1 of 6: Red Season
A Room with North Light
Okoro is a daylight studio on the first floor of an old print works in Peckham. Ada Okoro shoots here for brands and magazines, and when she is out on location, the room is yours to hire.
Six metres, repainted every Monday
Lantern, chair and a long mirror
- 140m²
- of floor, with a 6 m curved white wall
- 12
- rolls of paper on the rail, in colour and grey
- 9am
- until 7pm, with north light all day
- 2014
- the year the first roll went through the camera
“I started on a borrowed camera and a single roll a week. Twelve years on I still shoot film first, then digital when the job needs it, and I still print the best frame of every job.”
Ada Okoro
Photographer and owner
Hire the Studio
Twelve rolls of paper, north light all day and a kitchen. Come with your crew, or book us to shoot.
One Roll at a Time
Every job, from a two-hour sitting to a campaign, runs the same four steps.
- 01 ▸ 01A
Brief
A call and a page of references. We agree the shot list, the light and the date.
- 02 ▸ 02A
Test Roll
For anything bigger than a sitting, one roll on the day before, so there are no surprises.
- 03 ▸ 03A
Shoot
Film first, digital alongside. You see the frames on a screen as we go.
- 04 ▸ 04A
Contact Sheet
Within a week: every frame, your picks circled, then the finals retouched and delivered.
Shot For
- Tidewater Quarterly
- Slow Coast Journal
- Maren Atelier
- Plinth Hardware
- Villa Mare
- Arden Books
- Saltbox Ceramics
- Little Fern Bakery
- Harrow & Lime
- The Weekend Paper
“Ada sent the contact sheet with three frames circled. We used all three on the cover, the contents page and the poster.”
Hanna Ilves
Art director, Tidewater Quarterly“We booked the room for a day and stayed for three. The light at four in the afternoon is the best in London.”
Marcus Bell
Photographer, hiring the studio“She shot thirty products in a day and every one looks like it was the only thing in the room.”
Priya Shah
Founder, Saltbox Ceramics
Questions
Yes. Book by the hour or the day. The lights, stands and paper rail are included; an assistant is £180 a day.
Book the Studio
studio@okoro.studio
+44 20 7946 0391
41 Copeland Road
London SE15 3SN
Open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 7pm.
Next free day: Thursday 20 November.