All my photos disapeared after sharing the same name as another folder

[JLEWIS_92]

I have an s22, and a s23 ultra. 

Using quick share i moved an album from a recent trip to my s23. I hadn't realized but I had a folder with the same name. I thought samsung prompted me to either rename or merge the files. Either way, I just realized all those pictures and memories are now completely missing. Gone. It's the second time it's happened to me. It's a joke. 

Is there any way that data is still on my phone? Any third party apps or methods I can use to recover all those images? 

It's so confusing. Thanks for reading and your help. Jordan.

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

Do you Google photos backup/archive enabled? 

[Batsy]

Hey! Welcome to the Samsung community. It is frustrating when that happens. To see if the files are still on your device, please go to My files > Internal Storage > DCIM > Camera. If your photos are still here, try to clear cache of the gallery app, restart the device and give it a try. Try 3rd party gallery apps and see if that helps. Alternatively check your recycle bin too! Hope this helps.

[Moiramon]

You could also check settings, device care, storage then recycle bin. If they've been deleted they should go in the recycle bin.