screen blank cant access phone

I have had this phone which Ive not used for a few years, because the screen broke in that it wasn't functioning and went black. This meant I couldn't unlock the phone to allow transfer of photos etc. There are a collection of family photos that I would like to retrieve from it. I don't need the phone repairing, but if we were to send a memory stick, could they be retrieved and sent back to me?

Its a Samsung google nexus S I9023