I'm currently using a
Samsung A5 (2017)
I also am not sure if i have cloud back up on.
https://imgur.com/gallery/6akujzr
^ is a picture to what i'm seeing
Welcome to Android Central! Do you also have a Galaxy A5? If not, which phone? As asked before, are these photos saved to Internal Storage or the SD card?
If you use a file manager app (like Samsung's My Files or Google's Files by Google) to look in the /DCIM/Camera directory, do the photos show up there?