Interview with Giulia Tibaldi

Giulia Tibaldi, together with her partner Giordano Garosio, forms the creative duo @GiulieGiordi . Through their bucolic Instagram account they narrate their family life and their caravan trips through wonderful places. From her home in Brescia (Italy), Giulia explains to us where her project was born and how she combines it with her four beautiful children: Agnese, Timo, Frida and Arturo.

N.: How and where did the Giuli e Giordi project originate?
GT: Giuli&Giordi was born more than 10 years ago. Giordano and I met 25 years ago in a photography studio. We had both been living abroad for a period - Giordano in Peru, and I in Bilbao. We worked together as photography assistants for a few years and then decided to start our own business (and life) project together.

N.: What role does travel play in your creative process?
GT: Before this absurd period, travelling was a constant in our lives. A stimulus, a recharge, a true inspiration. And with the arrival of children, a challenge too.

N: How has motherhood refocused/changed/redefined your approach to work, if at all?
GT: Motherhood has changed the way I work and the way I manage and balance my personal and professional time. It is not always easy to meet all commitments and deadlines, but Giordi and I are a good team. We are lucky because we are self-employed and that helps us to be able to manage our time more flexibly, choosing, when possible, working days and times.

N.: What do you always take with you when you travel?
GT: The camera, a book to read, something to knit and my family :)

N.: What brings you back to a specifically nostalgic moment in your past?
GT: The two years I spent in Bilbao were very magical and important for me and they helped me to get the decisive momentum to dedicate myself to what I wanted to "do when I'm older", allowing me to take my space (even sentimentally). They were carefree years, I think the most beautiful before the adventure of motherhood.

N.: When you imagine your “perfect” trip, what is the soundtrack?
GT: The laughter of children, Giordi's singing and the sound of the wind blowing in the van.