TOBY BINDER
Cluster Residency Shortlisted Artist | Cluster Photography | 2021
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Based in Argentina and Germany he works both on assignments and personal long-term projects.
He is mostly interested in topics of post-war and crisis situations as well as in the everyday life of especially young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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His work is published by Stern, Zeit Magazin,
The Guardian, Le Monde, Washington Post, Greenpeace Magazine, Amnesty Journal,
Neue Zürcher Zeitung and others.
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Toby Binder was born 1977 in Esslingen/Germany
and studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Art and Design. Soon his photography focused on social, environmental
and political topics.
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His work has been awarded internationally, e.g. with a LensCulture Award and Gomma Grant in 2020, ZEKE-Award and 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.
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In March 2019 his first photo book “Wee Muckers–Youth
of Belfast“ was published by Kehrer.
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