Giulio Di Meo lives and works in Italy. He is a committed freelance photographer who uses photography as a tool for expression and inclusion. His photographic projects focus on social issues such as immigration, prostitution and labour exploitation. His reportages include Cuban Reflections (2005), on daily life on the island of Cuba; Between Heaven and Earth (2006), describing the reality of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro; and more recently The Desert Around (2015), portraying the men and women of the refugee camps in the Hamada Desert, in the Sahara. This photo series also exists in the form of a publication in support of the Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Desaparecidos.

Di Meo collaborates with several NGOs, including Arci and Arcs Culture Solidali. With these organisations, he organises and leads photography workshops in Italy, Europe and several countries in the Global South (Latin America, Senegal and Cameroon); these workshops are aimed in particular at young people, immigrants and people with disabilities.