Hello everyone!

Recently, I forgot my passcode to my iPhone and I had to erase everything on my phone in order to get back in.

I had a lot of photos on the device that were not backed up to the iCloud or any kind of storage.

Is there any chance for me to retrieve those pictures or are they lost forever? I saw that some of my recent contacts were backed up and I can see their information but I can’t figure out if restoring 2 years worth of pictures is possible or not

Thanks in advance! :)