Toby Binder
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Biography
*1977 Esslingen, Germany
Toby Binder 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 worldwide.
His work has been awarded internationally, e.g. with a Gomma Grant, by LensCulture and Life Framer in 2020, the Felix-Schoeller-Award in 2019, Philip-Jones-Griffiths-Award in 2018, the Sony-World-Photo-Awards in 2019 and 2017 and the Nannen-Preis in 2017. The same year he received an Honorable Mention by UNICEF Photo of the Year and recently for his project #053kids. His work is published by Stern, Zeit Magazin, The Guardian, Le Monde, Washington Post, Greenpeace Magazin, Amnesty Journal, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and others.
In March 2019 his first photo book „Wee Muckers–Youth of Belfast“ was published by Kehrer.
Exhibitions (selection)
2025
Pursuit of Happiness, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibition c/off, Munich, Germany
2024
MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction, Mechanical Hall, University of Delaware
Where ist my place?, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Art Düsseldorf 2024, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Cascina Roma Fotografia, San Donato Milanese
Copenhagen Photo Festival, Denmark
2023
International Human Rights Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain
HH Portfolio Review, Freelens Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Festival della Fotografia Etica, Palazzo Modignani, Lodi
Portraits, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, England
2022
Eyeshot Award, exhibition at Galleria del Cembalo, Rome
Street Sans Frontières, Gallery Joseph, Paris
LensCulture, Caelum Gallery, New York
Wee Muckers, Kunstverein Ellwangen
People on the street, Märkisches Museum Witten
2021
BarTur Award & exhibition Urban Banks, Berlin
2020
OFF, Bratislava
2019
Photo Israel, Azrieli Sarona Tower, Tel Aviv
The Four Elements, Kunstkammer Rau, Arp Museum
Open Walls, Galerie Huit, Arles
Wee Muckers, at Karl der Grosse, Debattierhaus, Zurich
winner of Felix Schoeller Photography Award, exhibition, Stadtmuseum Osnabrück
winner of Zeke Award by Social Documentary Network, exhibition Photoville, NYC
winner of Life Framer Award Open Call, exhibitions in London & Milan
shortlist of Sony World-Photo-Awards, exhibition Somerset House London
2018
shortlist of Kolga Photo Award and exhibition in Tblisi
shortlist of ZEISS Photography Award, exhibition Somerset House London
winner of Canon New Talent Award, exhibition Fotokina Cologne
Photo Weekend, Duesseldorf
Children Of War, HEi Munich
2017
shortlist of Sony World-Photo-Awards, exhibition Somerset House London
finalist at Luis Valtueña Award and exhibition CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía de Madrid
2016
Life Framer Award, Six Continents and exhibition in New York & Tokyo
2011
Vattenfall Foto-Preis and exhibition at C/O Berlin
2010
Martin-Lagois-Preis and exhibition in Nuremberg
Awards & Grants
2025
Winner of the Human Photographer of the Year by Analog Sparks Award, 2025
Finalist for the Single Shot category of the World Report Award 2025
Finalist at the Street Portrait Awards of the KL Photo Awards
Winner of the documentary category at the Sony World Photo Awards, London
2024
First Prize in the "Children" category of the International Photography Awards,
Shortlist of the Life Framer Award "Portraits"
Finalist for the Swiss Storytelling Awards by Lugano Photo Days
Finalist in the Black & White Category for the Gomma Grant 2023
2023
Finalist of the International Human Rights Photo Festival, Barcelona
Finalist on the "Envision Kindness" Award
Winner of the Life Framer Award "Humans of the World"
Jurors' Pick at the LensCulture Portrait Awards
2021
honorable Mention UNICEF Photo of the Year
2020
2nd prize Street Photography Awards by LensCulture
2nd prize Gomma Photography Gran
2019
winner Felix Schoeller Award
winner ZEKE Award by Social Documentary Network
shortlist Sony World Photo Awards
shortlist Meitar Award, Photo Israel
winner Life Framer Award, open call
2018
2nd prize Philip Jones Griffiths Award
shortlist Zeiss Photography Award
finalist Lugano Photo Days
Canon & ProfiFoto New Talent Award
shortlist Alfred-Fried-Award
2017
honorable Mention UNICEF Photo of the Year
shortlist Sony World Photo Awards
shortlist Felix-Schoeller-Award
nomination Nannen-Preis
HIPA-Award-Winner
finalist Luis-Valtueña-Award
2016
2nd prize Life-Framer-Award
shortlist Alfred-Fried-Award
2015
nomination Medienpreis der Kindernothilfe
2014
shortlist Alfred-Fried-Award
2013
nomination Medienpreis der Kindernothilfe
2012
shortlist Henri-Nannen-Preis
2011
Vattenfall Foto-Preis
2010
Martin-Lagois-Preis
2005
DAAD grant for the project „Estación Constitución“
*1977 Esslingen, Germany
Toby Binder 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 worldwide.
His work has been awarded internationally, e.g. with a Gomma Grant, by LensCulture and Life Framer in 2020, the Felix-Schoeller-Award in 2019, Philip-Jones-Griffiths-Award in 2018, the Sony-World-Photo-Awards in 2019 and 2017 and the Nannen-Preis in 2017. The same year he received an Honorable Mention by UNICEF Photo of the Year and recently for his project #053kids. His work is published by Stern, Zeit Magazin, The Guardian, Le Monde, Washington Post, Greenpeace Magazin, Amnesty Journal, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and others.
In March 2019 his first photo book „Wee Muckers–Youth of Belfast“ was published by Kehrer.
Exhibitions (selection)
2025
Pursuit of Happiness, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibition c/off, Munich, Germany
2024
MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction, Mechanical Hall, University of Delaware
Where ist my place?, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Art Düsseldorf 2024, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
Cascina Roma Fotografia, San Donato Milanese
Copenhagen Photo Festival, Denmark
2023
International Human Rights Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain
HH Portfolio Review, Freelens Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Festival della Fotografia Etica, Palazzo Modignani, Lodi
Portraits, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, England
2022
Eyeshot Award, exhibition at Galleria del Cembalo, Rome
Street Sans Frontières, Gallery Joseph, Paris
LensCulture, Caelum Gallery, New York
Wee Muckers, Kunstverein Ellwangen
People on the street, Märkisches Museum Witten
2021
BarTur Award & exhibition Urban Banks, Berlin
2020
OFF, Bratislava
2019
Photo Israel, Azrieli Sarona Tower, Tel Aviv
The Four Elements, Kunstkammer Rau, Arp Museum
Open Walls, Galerie Huit, Arles
Wee Muckers, at Karl der Grosse, Debattierhaus, Zurich
winner of Felix Schoeller Photography Award, exhibition, Stadtmuseum Osnabrück
winner of Zeke Award by Social Documentary Network, exhibition Photoville, NYC
winner of Life Framer Award Open Call, exhibitions in London & Milan
shortlist of Sony World-Photo-Awards, exhibition Somerset House London
2018
shortlist of Kolga Photo Award and exhibition in Tblisi
shortlist of ZEISS Photography Award, exhibition Somerset House London
winner of Canon New Talent Award, exhibition Fotokina Cologne
Photo Weekend, Duesseldorf
Children Of War, HEi Munich
2017
shortlist of Sony World-Photo-Awards, exhibition Somerset House London
finalist at Luis Valtueña Award and exhibition CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía de Madrid
2016
Life Framer Award, Six Continents and exhibition in New York & Tokyo
2011
Vattenfall Foto-Preis and exhibition at C/O Berlin
2010
Martin-Lagois-Preis and exhibition in Nuremberg
Awards & Grants
2025
Winner of the Human Photographer of the Year by Analog Sparks Award, 2025
Finalist for the Single Shot category of the World Report Award 2025
Finalist at the Street Portrait Awards of the KL Photo Awards
Winner of the documentary category at the Sony World Photo Awards, London
2024
First Prize in the "Children" category of the International Photography Awards,
Shortlist of the Life Framer Award "Portraits"
Finalist for the Swiss Storytelling Awards by Lugano Photo Days
Finalist in the Black & White Category for the Gomma Grant 2023
2023
Finalist of the International Human Rights Photo Festival, Barcelona
Finalist on the "Envision Kindness" Award
Winner of the Life Framer Award "Humans of the World"
Jurors' Pick at the LensCulture Portrait Awards
2021
honorable Mention UNICEF Photo of the Year
2020
2nd prize Street Photography Awards by LensCulture
2nd prize Gomma Photography Gran
2019
winner Felix Schoeller Award
winner ZEKE Award by Social Documentary Network
shortlist Sony World Photo Awards
shortlist Meitar Award, Photo Israel
winner Life Framer Award, open call
2018
2nd prize Philip Jones Griffiths Award
shortlist Zeiss Photography Award
finalist Lugano Photo Days
Canon & ProfiFoto New Talent Award
shortlist Alfred-Fried-Award
2017
honorable Mention UNICEF Photo of the Year
shortlist Sony World Photo Awards
shortlist Felix-Schoeller-Award
nomination Nannen-Preis
HIPA-Award-Winner
finalist Luis-Valtueña-Award
2016
2nd prize Life-Framer-Award
shortlist Alfred-Fried-Award
2015
nomination Medienpreis der Kindernothilfe
2014
shortlist Alfred-Fried-Award
2013
nomination Medienpreis der Kindernothilfe
2012
shortlist Henri-Nannen-Preis
2011
Vattenfall Foto-Preis
2010
Martin-Lagois-Preis
2005
DAAD grant for the project „Estación Constitución“
