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My new single drops this Friday. It’s all about wishing for the photos we can no longer take. Please share your pics with the people you wish you had more with along with a bit of back story and the hashtag #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus and we will feature them in a story on The Book of Man, as well as potentially the music video for photographs!

A post shared by Professor Green (@professorgreen) on Oct 30, 2018 at 4:10pm PDT

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My dad. My Hero. #iwishthatitookmorephotographsofus ............................................. My dad took his own life in May last year. No-one saw it coming. He never spoke about his own feelings but he would always be the one to make a joke and make everyone laugh. A hard working man with nothing but positive words for me. Hero. ............................................. I'm representing @Maytreesavingli #maytreesavinglives at this year's @worldchampspingpong @yourallypally I want to raise the awareness of the charity - Any help is appreciated ✌💚

A post shared by Ashley Stokes (@ashleystokestt) on Nov 4, 2018 at 2:48am PST

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My dad passed away just over a year ago. He battled cancer for nearly 4 years until it won. Most of the time I still feel overwhelmed by the fact I’ll never see him again. Adjusting to the reality that the only place I’ll find him is in my memory is difficult to cope with. He was my best friend, incredibly kind, the most intelligent person I will probably ever know...a real gentle giant. He wasn’t a perfect human but he was the perfect dad. I won’t ever feel like I don’t need him around. This was taken a few years ago before dad became ill, on one of the last holidays we took as a family before his grandsons arrived. He was always truly at home on the sea, I never really knew just how much until hearing stories of his adventures at his funeral. I try not to think too much about what I regret, but I do wish I’d asked him more about his life while he was alive. This is how I like to think of him now, floating out there on the big blue, completely at peace and having lots of naps! People say how lucky I am to have a picture like this to cherish...what I wouldn’t give to have just one more! No number of photos could ever be enough. Now he’s just a man in a picture, but to me he’s not just a memory. He’s still my Dad, and his name is Nick. #grief #loss #bereavement #griefsupport #griefjourney #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus

A post shared by Hope (@glimmers.of.hope) on Nov 4, 2018 at 3:59am PST

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You never know how important photos are untill there all you have left 💛#wishthatitookmorephotographsofus

A post shared by Billie Fullagar (@bileigh_x) on Oct 31, 2018 at 8:38am PDT

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“Selfish”, “Coward”, “Arsehole” are just a few of the responses I have had from people when I tell them by Dad took his own life. As with everything, everyone is entitled to their opinion but I couldn’t disagree more with these comments. Don’t get me wrong, I know first-hand that suicide shatters and has an everlasting effect on loved ones who are left behind but my Dad wasn’t a bad person, in fact he was the best, but sadly he was very ill and although you couldn’t see his illness it was very much real and eventually killed him. As a child, I was angry that my Dad made this choice but as I have grown and become less ignorant, I hope he is now at peace and no longer tormented by the demons he faced on earth 💙 @professorgreen #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus #timetotalk #itsokaynottobeokay #beheretomorrow

A post shared by Danielle 🌻 (@daniellelanario) on Nov 1, 2018 at 6:49am PDT

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26/02/2018 our beautiful youngest Daughter left us to play with the Angels. She fought against many complex medical problems in her 9 years, including 400 epileptic seizures every single day, cerebral palsy, blindness, non verbal, microcephaly and more. Her greatest love in life other than her big Sister was music, she would literally come alive, it brought her happiness through the brain damage and disabilities. She taught us so much and our lives are so much better for having her as a part of our team. We miss her with every heartbeat 💔 #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus @professorgreen #grief #childloss #childlossawareness #daughter #music #disabledchild #bravery #wemissyou #SkylaTheBrave

A post shared by #SkylaTheBrave (@skylathebrave) on Oct 31, 2018 at 1:04pm PDT

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#wishthatitookmorephotographsofus my little brother, with my daughters, few months before dying of suicide. ❤️❤️❤️

A post shared by Amanda (@amandax78) on Oct 31, 2018 at 11:19am PDT

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What a lovely idea of @professorgreen with #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus This is Ollie, I lost him 7 years ago when he was 18! He was my best friend and one of the most fun loving and happiest guys you could ever meet! On the surface.... but there was a darkness he hid inside and one day things just got too much and he let it take over... it was such a shock and such a waste of a young life... really shocked his friends family and community as no one knew he was suffering - he hid it so well. Mental health is real and it's serious. But I'm so happy that 7 years on people are really starting to talk more about it and open up to the world... I hope that with the stigma slowly decreasing more people will find it easier to ask for help and won't end up in the same dark place that Ollie couldn't get back from. #itsokaynottobeokay but also #itsokaytotalk you never know who is struggling -even behind a smile, so always take as many moments out of your day as you can just to ask someone else how they are feeling and if they are ok, it could make the world of difference. Ollie did not die in vein, but he also did not have to die. He's taught me so many lessons since leaving but also left so much hurt and emptiness behind ❤️ we love you Ollie Scott and we will never forget you 😘😘 #mentalhealthawareness #suicideawareness

A post shared by Jemma Carter (@jemmalouisecarter) on Oct 31, 2018 at 3:35pm PDT

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#wishthatitookmorephotographsofus my parents before they got ill. there were a lot of years were dad had forgotten who we were and mum drank to forget who we’d all become. The opportunity of getting a picture perfect photo never really arose. I wish I’d of taken more photos of them laughing and in love. @professorgreen

A post shared by lauraelizabeth (@lauraelizabethmorrall) on Oct 30, 2018 at 4:33pm PDT

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Sometimes I look back at old photos of Andy and myself and gutted how few photos I have. Motor neuron disease you can go do one, taking my best mate so early into his life. #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus @professorgreen

A post shared by Colton E Halls (@coltonhalls) on Oct 30, 2018 at 5:00pm PDT

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#wishthatitookmorephotographsofus Three years ago I lost my dad to a brain tumour when I was fourteen. It’s not nice losing anyone in life and believe me, I’ve lost a lot of people in life but when it’s your parent, a part of you really does just seem to disappear. Your life changes and you’re just expected to deal with it. Memories are great but it’s not the same as having them here with you. Losing my dad so early in life makes me realise how much we missed out on. The everyday stuff and the big events of my life. The realisation that he isn’t going to just walk through the door and that he isn’t at the end of the phone anymore. My dad was a musician and was in quite a few bands over the years. I always wanted to learn how to play guitar and he had planned on teaching me but unfortunately we never got round to it. I’ve always been into my music as i’ve grown up around guitars and your typical Manchester bands but since he passed, I feel like music has become my main passion. I spend a lot of my time going to see live music and in a way it makes me feel closer to him. I have twelve photographs of me and my dad. That’s less than one for each year of my life. I so wish we had more ❤️

A post shared by ellie hayes (@fallowfieldnotion) on Oct 30, 2018 at 5:09pm PDT

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This is me and my Mum in the beginning. Down at her late Mum's house, my Granny Olive from Shetland. My Dad told her he had the snip and she was lying, couldn't be his and so she kept me and had me by herself. She also had my brother Michael. He was my best friend till girlfriend's age lol. Unfortunately his Dad was alcoholic and beat her badly and was abusive until she managed to kick him out her self when I was four and Michael 3. She brought us up alone in tough scheme, council neglecting that she said the house was riddled with dampness for 12 years while Mum and Michael had bad asthma. She then met my sister Shannon's Dad. Great guy and Shannon was born but my Mum stayed independent forever after the abuse and trauma. She never went to drugs or alcohol. She gave us everything. She just battled hard with depression and getting up. She's amazing. I was taken into care at 13 as I was off the rails, expelled, kicking streets with wrong crowd and got a part time job that I didn't realise was me being groomed. Anyway, excuse I don't go there, but yeah, that's left me with a lot of problems. P T S D, ADHD, anxiety, manic depression, personality disorder. I have 3 sons and broke things down with these problems. I have taken these things out on my Mum or rather blamed her for years and sorry doesn't cover it. She's not well now and she is all I have ever had. She was my best friend, my mum, my adviser, knocked me into line and wasn't her fault I got taken into foster care or sexually abused. Things been bad for a while and you said tag and say why, hope I haven't went on. Just wish there was more of me and my Mum. All the best. Look forward to track. Peace man x @professorgreen #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus

A post shared by Ill Dando (@illdando) on Oct 30, 2018 at 6:28pm PDT

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Sorry for the mushy post but I wanted to do professor green’s #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus hashtag. Nanny Lou and Grandad Paul, we lost them both this year not long before my daughter was born. My nan never wanted her photograph taken, she was always behind the camera, and I am forever wishing that I would have told her to behave herself, that she always looked beautiful and that we would take the damn picture whether she liked it or not. I don’t believe that a camera would ever have captured how light and wonderful she truly was man. I can’t remember her raising her voice or what her face looks like when it’s mad. Just that easy breezy air that she had. It’s crappy that my favourite picture of myself and Grandad Paul is so blurry. Before he got sick, I just assumed that there would be a million more times like that, a million more beers in Devon pubs, a million more games of dominos and black jack - I would catch him reading my face over the kitchen table and he’d look at his card hand and then narrow his eyes at me and say ‘box clever now em’, I thought I would hear that a million more times. There’s photographs of that dining room table and there’s photographs of me mid-game with cards in my hand but there’s no photographs of him and I playing together. We spent hours at that table right from when I was a little girl in the big house in Kings Heath up until I was 20-odd and they’d upped and moved to a little village in Devon. That’s how I remember him, sat at the kitchen table pretending that he didn’t notice me palming. It’s a massive testament to how wonderful both of my grandparents were that most of my childhood friends remember them and are forever reminding me of happy memories they have of them. I wish that Margot could have met them both and I hope that I can bring as much light and joy to her childhood as they brought to mine. Love them always 💕

A post shared by Emma-leigh Bradley (@emmyleighx) on Oct 30, 2018 at 8:46pm PDT

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I search daily for answers. For what reason should any mother loose a child, I wonder if after this life we will know why you was taken from us. . Days go by when life takes over and the pain doesnt seem so fresh anymore and then it hits - a pain so intense, a emptiness so deep. Weeks, months after and your stomach drops & heart thuds against your chest, in that moment you realise your precious baby is not in your arms. I could never have truely understood the expression "my arms ache for you" but i cant express enough how much your arms can ache, that longing to hold your baby, the baby you cherished for almost 9 months, whos heart beat alongside yours, the baby you felt everyday, the baby you fell instantly in love with from the second she was created. A lady looses a child and of course you would expect the most broken, lost woman to be left But ive learnt in grieve that isnt the case. Denial has so far been the hughest part of my journey without evie and as days go by and time ticks on the pain and realisation slowly creeps in more and more. Today has been the first time ive begged & pleaded with who ever it may be above to let me hear my baby girl cry, let me feel her skin against mine, let my baby need me the way i need her, let me kiss my angels head whilst singing her to sleep, let my beautiful daughter look up lovingly at me. I NEED to feel my baby in my arms. . Anyway my point in sharing this is to remind people to please always be mindful towards parents of angels, time may have passed, happy memories may have been created but every grieving parent will have their hard days, their reminders and sometimes a trigger may be something they have dealt with/seen daily and coped with before but today might not be as easy as yesterday. 💙 . . #babyloss #babylossawareness #bla #stillborn #angel #angelmummy #myjourney #grieving #grievingtogether #grivingprocess #denial #spirtual #grivingjourney #strongmums #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus

A post shared by KatieJayne Torbett (@k_j____) on Oct 30, 2018 at 3:49pm PDT

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It's Movember! Which means I have officially pledged to move 60km for the 60 men we lose to suicide each hour, every hour, in memory of my Dad. Normally the only running I do is away from my problems, so if you can please sponsor me you can through the link in my bio 💙 if you can't, please have an open conversation with your loved 1s, so people don't have to go through what I did, that's worth more 💙 #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus #movember @professorgreen

A post shared by Chelsea (@chelseeea92) on Nov 1, 2018 at 10:39am PDT

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Love this pic of me and my little brother Julian who we lost age 27 years old. We was at our nanny and grandads house in Ireland in this pic. Magical memories to cherish. I miss him so much, our guardian Angel, the most beautiful soul ❤️ #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus @professorgreen please share our photo ❤️

A post shared by @ stephaniehego67 on Nov 1, 2018 at 9:44am PDT

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I’ve had the privilege of getting to know the incredible @professorgreen recently - his new single ‘Photographs’ is released tomorrow. Here is one of the few pics I have of me with my dad, what I would give for just one more. Wait till you hear this beautiful moving song 👌🏻 #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus

A post shared by Max McMurdo (@maxreestore) on Nov 1, 2018 at 10:23am PDT

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@professorgreen grief hits you like a punch to the face.. your in shock at first feeling numb, and then the physical pain sinks in, not knowing how long the pain your feeling will last. Losing my brother I lost a part of me. He taught me to live and love my life and remember each day is a blessing 💙 #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus #thinkbike #thinkbiker #makememories

A post shared by Sarah Conder (@sarahconder) on Oct 31, 2018 at 9:28am PDT

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#wishthatitookmorephotographsofus @professorgreen Chubby cheeked me when I was probably about 4 or 5 with my big brother... when you’re younger you don’t think to take photos with loved ones to cherish when they’re not around, you just simply enjoy the moment and I think loosing someone so close to you changes your outlook on EVERYTHING forever. So now I stop for a second and step back to take in special moments, I make time to see people I care about because you never know when will be the last time and I always take photos for memories to look back on ❣️ I wish I did have more photos but I’m thankful for all the ones I do have as a picture lasts a lifetime 💕

A post shared by Charlie Hunt (@charlie_francesca_hunt_) on Nov 1, 2018 at 3:33pm PDT

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#wishthatitookmorephotographsofus My amazing cousin Paul. Oxford graduate, FT journalist, Evertonian. He was killed last year in a freak accident, age 23. My whole family are so proud of him, and we still can’t believe he’s gone. I wish we’d taken more photos. I wish I could go back and spend more time with him. 💙

A post shared by Nicola (@nicolacomps) on Nov 2, 2018 at 3:03am PDT

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Study Love is a wellbeing project for young people in Durham. The project began in memory of a dear friend, fellow Durham student, Alexandra Wilshaw. . . . We sadly lost Alexandra to suicide earlier this year. . . She was kind, caring, funny, loyal, beyond sharp. I can’t quite put into words how amazing she was. . . . She always had a smile on her face and supported many other people in their time of need. . . . The aim of our project is to make people smile in Durham whilst starting off a conversation about student mental health. ❤️ . . . There are a team of us working with O2 and @gothinkbig (with the university’s permission), to bring you special one-off events that will hopefully brighten things up on campus and keep Alexandra’s legacy alive. . . . I spoke to @professorgreen in April about losing Alexandra at a @gothinkbig event and his words helped heal a piece of my heart. His new song photographs is out today. . . Watch this space for announcements and events. In the meantime, take care of yourselves Love, Sarah x #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus

A post shared by studylovedurham 🌻☀️ (@studylovedurham) on Nov 2, 2018 at 2:37am PDT

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#wishthatitookmorephotographsofus This is me, my brother liam and my dad. Both of them have passed away, my brother, liam in 2016 and my dad, Kirk in 2017. I miss them both so much, words will never explain ❤ @professorgreen

A post shared by Leonie Owen (@leoniestacy) on Nov 1, 2018 at 4:26pm PDT

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Seeing all the posts and listening to this song bought tears to my eyes, my mother passed away last year and it was and still is the hardest thing I’ve ever been through in my life 💔 @professorgreen #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus . . She was the most kind and loving soul and would do anything for anyone. She taught me so much in life, most importantly to never judge anyone and to love all unconditionally ❤️ 🦋 . On Mental Health awareness week earlier this year, I shared something very personal... my mother suffered from depression, severe depression from a young age. This made for an incredibly difficult, confusing and turbulent childhood for me. In a time when mental health issues meant you were crazy, or weak because you couldn’t cope, you would never ask for help or discuss it. And you certainly wouldn’t be associated with such a person. The shame! Doctors would cover it up with large doses of heavy horrible drugs which either made you a complete zombie or a psychotic lunatic. Unfortunately this had a huge impact on her life, relationships, health and more recently death. Incapable of knowing how to cope with the loss of her husband and mother, other than the drugs of course, and keeping her cancer diagnosis secret for five years seeking no treatment. It very sadly ended in her seeing no other way out. . MENTAL HEALTH is incredibly important, life is hard and sometimes it can be overwhelming for everyone. But you are NOT crazy and you are NOT alone. You are all SIGNIFICANT! And you are all so BRAVE! Please be aware, not just this week, but always 💚 #mentalhealthawareness 🧠

A post shared by Zosia Paterson (@zosiapaterson) on Nov 1, 2018 at 5:22pm PDT

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I bloody love that @professorgreen has started this. . #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus . Here’s me and my dad. He was an absolute bloody legend but this is the only picture that captures us properly... just having a laugh. . I hope I’m making you proud papa bear

A post shared by Kat Swain (@katswaintv) on Nov 1, 2018 at 5:39pm PDT

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‘Photographs’ is available everywhere now via the link in my bio. #wishthatitookmorephotographsofus Here’s a photo of me with my great grandmother Nanny Edie who played a huge part in my upbringing, she’s responsible for the few kind parts of my heart. She lived through two world wars, being run over leaving her with a metal plate in her leg, diabetes, two strokes and all without hardly a complaint till the ripe old age of 90! ❤️

A post shared by Professor Green (@professorgreen) on Nov 1, 2018 at 1:19pm PDT