Toby Binder

Toby was born in Esslingen, Germany and studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. As a socially committed documentary photographer he focuses on underprivileged and marginalised communities in long-term projects, mostly in crisis-hit and post-war regions. He often takes the perspective of young people.

Toby's work has been awarded internationally, e.g. with a Sony World Photo Award in 2025, Gomma Grant and LensCulture Award in 2020, the Philip-Jones-Griffiths-Award in 2018 and the Nannen-Preis in 2017. The same year he received an Honorable Mention at the UNICEF Photo of the Year just as again in 2021.

His work is published by Stern, die Zeit, the Guardian, Le Monde, the Washington Post, National Geographic, Greenpeace Magazin, Amnesty Journal, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and others

In 2019 his first photo book "Wee Muckers – Youth of Belfast" was published by Kehrer. His second book ‘#053kids’ about teenagers in Duisburg-Hochfeld was published by Dietz-Verlag in 2026. A follow-up book of the Belfast project is planned for 2027.