My phone erased all my photos. Help?

[fieldsacp]

All of my photos are missing and I did not erase them. My phone did it on its own somehow. Is there anyway to recover all those lost photos?

 

[WyomingKnott]

One of our moderators wrote a lovely guide to the subject. You will find it in a sticky at the top of this forum: http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1640133/lost-data-recovery.html

 

[Apanzee]

That'd be me. /blushes