Giulio Saggin
My blogs
- A week's worth of undies
- ...so I did
- Travel With Giulio
- Travel With Giulio
- A Bit of Fun
- What Giulio Does
- Portraits by Giulio
- Pet Portraits by Giulio
- Cruising on the Radiance of the Seas
- Profile Portraits Australia
- You, The Citizen Photographer: Telling Visual Stories
- Follow Your Dreams...so I did
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Photographer/Photo Editor |
| Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Introduction | I was born in Rome, Italy, in 1968 to Australian parents doing the 60s thing. We moved back to Australia, and Brisbane, in 1974. I graduated from high school in 1985 and spent the following year working several part-time jobs. It was during this year I began taking photos and gained entry to the Queensland College of Art, studying there in 1987-88. I took up a cadetship at the Canberra Times newspaper in 1989 and moved back to Brisbane and The SUN newspaper in 1990. I began freelancing in 1991 and, at six weeks notice, set off for Scotland with two mates in 1992, where I remained for five-and-a-half years, having photos published in every major Scottish and London-based newspaper. At the start of 1998 I left Scotland and hitchhiked all the way around Australia photographing everyone who gave me a lift and writing about each hitch. I live in Brisbane and continue to work in the media. I have self-published two books - …so I did, which recounts my hitchhiking journey around Australia and Deep Fried Pizza, a novel about the world of news photography (links below). |
| Interests | Photography, watching sport, music. |
| Favorite Movies | The Godfather I&II, Withnail and I, The Sting, Midnight Run, and Coen Brothers movie (there's been a couple of 'ho-hums', but run wit it), most Jack Nicholson movies, anything Clint Eastwood has been involved in, Lord of the Rings trilogy...(more will be added) |
| Favorite Music | Metal, rock, 60s, 70s West Coast, disco, glam, new romantics, crooners, funk, grunge...pretty much anything. Music, like life, has beautiful aspects throughout.. |
| Favorite Books | Biographies, recent US politics, any Tom Sharpe novel. |
Why don't rivers tire, Don't they stop to think, That maybe slower, They'd go further, And have time for a drink (Dermot Tiernan)