Giles Duley Biography

Giles Duley Hon FRPS worked as a successful fashion and music photographer for ten years. However having become disillusioned with celebrity culture he decided to abandon photography and left London to begin work as a full-time carer. It was in this role that he rediscovered his craft and its power to tell the stories of those without a voice. In 2000 he returned to photography personally funding trips to document the work of NGOs and the stories of those affected by conflict across the world. In 2011 Duley lost both legs and his left arm after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Afghanistan whilst photographing those caught up in the conflict. He was told he would never walk again and that his career was over. However characteristically stubborn Duley told his doctors “I’m still a photographer” and returned to work in Afghanistan less than 18 months later.
Duley has since documented stories in Lebanon Bangladesh Colombia Iraq and Jordan amongst others His return was the feature of the award-winning documentary Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline. His work has since been featured in numerous papers and magazines and he has talked about his experiences on television radio and at several international and national events. His TEDx talk was voted one of the top ten TED talks of 2012. Duley is a Trustee for the Italian NGO Emergency and ambassador for Sir Bobby Charlton’s landmine charity Find A Better Way. In 2013 he won the May Chidiac Award for Bravery in Journalism and the AIB Founders Award for Outstanding Achievement and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

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