Angelina Jolie has praised acclaimed photographer Giles Duley after he received the 2025 Tipperary International Peace Award.
The award acknowledged his long-standing commitment to revealing the human cost of war and assisting conflict-affected communities in their recovery, with a particular focus on Ukraine.
Giles Duley is a photographer who lost both legs and his left arm in 2011 after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan. Despite his severe injuries, he returned to his profession after a lengthy rehabilitation and has spent more than a decade documenting the impact of armed conflicts in countries around the world.
Giles recently exhibited The Things They Carried at the Atelier — a series that begins with Objets d’Mort, in which he draws on his early training as a fashion photographer to portray bombs, landmines, and grenades as glossy, seductive still-life images. The works span decades of conflict, from the first air-dropped bomb used during World War I to cluster munitions deployed in Vietnam and grenades adapted for drone warfare in Ukraine today.
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