Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

A couple of weeks ago, Channel 4 aired a documentary (below) which saw photographer Giles Duley (himself a triple amputee) meet some of the disabled victims of the war in Syria. It was a difficult watch but an extremely important story to tell, and one that meant a lot to Giles. He got in touch to say that although The Guardian ran an in-depth piece on the same theme, he had some photographs which weren’t used that he was really keen to get out there.

“The war in Syria has created a refugee crisis on a scale unmatched in recent times,” he said. "There are now over three million Syrians living in neighbouring countries, with 1.5 million in Lebanon alone.

“Among those statistics are the stories of everyday families who have fled from a brutal war; a war that has left many struggling to deal with physical and mental scars. Desperate to rebuild their lives, they instead find themselves stuck in limbo. With most charities struggling to reach their funding targets, many refugees are not receiving the support they desperately need.”

As with so much of Giles’ work their power lies in their simplicity – he humanises big, messy, complicated situations in a heartbreakingly personal way.