yeah, we never realize how much we depend on things we've posted online just always being there... all it takes is one nasty person to hack your account, or tell lies about you... then *poof* it's all missing. Sorry your going through this. Are there none of your photos hiding on your pc/laptop or on other media or sites? I had a similar thing happen to me... I like to write poetry and had almost everything on poetry.com The site died, and so did about 2/3 of my work I had never saved to my pc or laptop. I didn't expect the site to just go under. I also lost the contacts I had that were only through the site, and that hurt like losing family. Good luck hon. We're here for you.
@skella you can use the internet archives to trace back your photos to the last time Insta made a backup, which they must do like every day or something. Still sucks that your account was removed but at least you'll still have your pics!
@skella just go to https://archive.org/web/ and enter your IG's URL. If it has ever been saved (which I think it has) you'll be able to go back to any date and see the web page like it was on that date.