Toby Binder, born 1977 in Esslingen, studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Art and Design. Soon he focused his photography on social and political topics. Based in Argentina and Germany he works on assignments and personal projects where he finds his topics in post-war and crisis situations as well as in the daily life of the people.

His work has been awarded and nominated internationally, e.g. for the Sony-World-Photo-Awards and the Nannen-Preis in 2017. The same year he received an Honorable Mention at the UNICEF Photo of the Year for his long-term project „Youth of the UK“ about daily life of teenagers in British working-class neighbourhoods. The jury of the most significant German journalistic Award „Nannen-Preis“ says about his series „Friedensdorf“ in 2017: „Toby Binder‘s portraits of injured and sick children catch us cold. Reduced to black and white and marked by Binder‘s unique compositions confront us relentlessly with children between loneliness and hope.“

His work has been published at Stern, die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Greenpeace Magazine, Amnesty Journal and others.