Giulio's books ...
My career wasn’t just confined to news photography and photo-editing. Among other things, I’ve written books ... While living in Scotland, I came up with the idea to hitchhike around Australia photographing everyone who gave me a lift and writing about each hitch. I’d never hitched before and the fear of the unknown was scary enough but, if I didn’t do it, the image of me as an old man looking back on what might have been, scared me even more. I knew that if someone else were to do it, I’d never forgive myself. After sitting on the idea for nearly five years, I decided "this is it". I packed up my life in Edinburgh and returned to Australia to begin the most challenging, apprehensive, amazing time of my life. My journey lasted for eight months and 11 days and I hitchhiked more than 23,000km (14,000 miles), the equivalent of over halfway around the world. As my final hitch approached Melbourne, the emotions brewing inside me were a mixture of sadness and satisfaction. Sadness,...