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About me

I’m an award-winning photographer and writer specialising in capturing authentic food and travel experiences, unique ways of life, cultures, and traditions.

I work with experience-first travel brands, tour companies, tourism boards and editorial teams who want to tell stories built from real moments and real access, beyond stock-looking photos.
I collaborate across photography and writing, supporting campaigns, editorial features, and long-term content libraries that need consistency, narrative clarity, and repeat usability.

Working closely with people, I blend documentary sensibility with a lifestyle approach, guiding when needed and stepping back when it matters, so moments unfold naturally without feeling staged.
The result is inspiring visual storytelling that helps audiences imagine what a place feels like and builds the desire to experience it.

My work has been commissioned by leading travel publications and brands, including National Geographic Traveller, JRNY, Lodestars Anthology, Eater, Devour Tours, Walks Tours, and Remote 9.

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Contact me

Drop me an email at giulia@giuliaverdinelli.com.
You can also check my social media, I’d love to connect!

Fun Facts

  • My name is pronounced “Julia” and it comes from the Latin family of Julius Caesar, one of the most ancient families in Rome during republican times. Yes, my parents are nerds.
  • I shot my very first photo when I was 2.5 years old.
  • My happiest journey was a 4h ride on a small tuk-tuk in Laos with 33 other people, a rooster and 2 goldfish.
  • Vans, motorbikes and sailing boats are my favourite means of transportation.
  • If I could only eat one meal for the rest of my life it would be Tonkotsu ramen.
  • Making and sharing food is my love language and my favourite way to gather people. I’ve got Italian mamma blood.
  • I am a huge geek and quote too much from LOTR and Star Wars.

Awards

2025 Travel Media Awards – Finalist in the photography category (Lodestars Anthology)
2025 JRNY World Travel Photography Awards – Finalist in the “Cities” category
2024 LATA Media Awards – Winner of Best Published Latin America Photo Story (Nat Geo Traveller Food)
2023 Travel Media Awards – Finalist in the photography category (Nat Geo Traveller)
2021 Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year – shortlisted
2019 Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year – shortlisted