Season 4 · Episode 41 · 30 Jan 2026
41 - Giles Duley
With Giles Duley
“"I stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan losing both my legs and my arm and spent over a year in hospital. I guess the gift that gave me was true empathy and understanding of the people who I document. When I returned to work 18 months after my injury I felt I had a greater purpose, to not just tell the stories of people who have been injured by wars, but also to be their advocate."”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Planet Earth
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
Photography, documenting the impact of conflict, stood on IED in Afghanistan losing both legs and an arm, over a year in hospital, back to Afghanistan within 18 months, established the Legacy of War Foundation working around the world.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
The Kitchen. "I will never make some nice photograph, if I haven't eaten with them first."
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
The Sea. "I was invited by Nektonmission to go on a deep sea dive in one of their small to manned submarines."
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Gish. We have managed to save a dance school in South Africa, support Syrian refugees in Lebanon, funded the mining projects in Lao, and support a children's ward of the emergency hospital in Kabul.
Q6: Insight
As we prepare to re-enter, what insight, wisdom or question would you like to share with us?
Location
Flyover
Planet Earth
Guest
Brighton (UK)