Giles Duley: When a reporter becomes the story | TED Talk

Ideas change everything

Giles Duley gave up a life of glamour and celebrity as a fashion photographer to travel the world and document the stories of the forgotten and marginalized. While on assignment in Afghanistan he stepped on a landmine, a horrific event that left him a triple amputee. In this moving talk Duley tells us stories of lives lost and found -- including his.

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Giles Duley began his career as a fashion photographer. When it was time for a change he found himself on a journey of war and hardship.

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Since the Talk: 100 portraits before I die

While recovering in the ICU, Giles Duley made a list of people he would photograph if he could ever pick up his camera again. Two years later, he shares his first portraits.

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