More Than An Image: Three Short Films About the Power of Photography

A series of interviews produced by Wex Photographic discusses the power of photography, and how it can significantly affect a person’s life. The idea behind #MoreThanAnImage is to get to the heart of why photographers do what they do as well as explore the true power of the art form. Featuring photographers Giles Duley, Daniel Regan and Hannah Laycock, who all have unique stories to tell, and have been through moving experiences:

Giles Duley is a documentary photographer whose work among civilian victims of war in the Middle East led to his own life-changing injury. Despite losing three limbs when treading on an IED in Afghanistan, Giles continues to use photography to highlight the plight of the world’s most vulnerable people, which has helped raise money for Syrian refugees. For Giles, photography means storytelling, activism and identity

Daniel Regan turned to photography as a coping mechanism for his mental-health condition which led to two suicide attempts. He uses it as a means of addressing his issues as he believes art and visual language give him a voice, and fill in the gaps where language is missing. For Daniel photography means therapy, recovery and escapism

Hannah Laycock is a fine-art photographer who uses photography to explore and raise awareness of her multiple sclerosis. Through her work, she tries to give people a sense of what it might be like to have such an invisible condition, and also uses it as a way to escape from her daily struggles. For Hannah, photography means catharsis, normality, positivity and a coping mechanism for her multiple sclerosis