468 million children globally are living with the effects of war and conflict. Number of children killed in global conflicts tripled in 2023.
47.2 million children had been displaced due to conflict and violence in 2023.
45 million children are facing acute malnutrition.
1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity.
251 million children and youth still out of school.

When the hell will we finally learn to protect the most vulnerable? When the f*ck are we going to take responsibility for what happens around us, even if not on our doorstep, but in the world we all live in? Looking away and the indifference in which we have made ourselves comfortable, the fear that something will be taken away from our ‘God given’ prosperity really pisses me off.

From my reportage about children stigmatised as witches. Boys play cards in the children’s home of local NGO CRARN. Eket, Nigeria.

It was a special shooting to photograph former VfB Stuttgart head coach Felix Magath, whose squad once beat Man Utd. in the Champions League 2:1 – and, therefore, was responslible for my personally most emotional moment ever experienced at the Neckarstadion.

For the live Podcast SPRICH:STUTTGART, by Prof. Stephan Ferdinand, he talks to the artisitc director of “Schauspiel Stuttgart”, Burkhard C. Kosminski and they explore interesting similarities between football and theatre.

Check out their conversation, which is absolutely worth listening to (unfortunately only in German)

It’s a big honour to be shortlisted once again for the Portrait of Britain, Vol 7 by British Journal of Photography. Many thanks to the jury & especially Jackson, Jude, Pacey, Jake and the Roden Street community!

Estación Constitución, Buenos Aires. One print of this photo is donated to the fundraiser of Casa Del Sol in Mantova, Italy. Please support their work helping children with disabilities.

Cover story for the Munich street magazine BISS, November Issue about “Kältebus München e.V.”, which distributes free, warm food to homeless people every night throughout the winter.

Many thanks to Berthold and his Kältebus team, all my homeless friends & the BISS staff. Let us all show more solidarity again with people living on the streets, this is often so easy and sometimes starts with just a wee chat!

Glad and honoured about 1st Prize in the “Children” category of the prestigious International Photography Awards. Chosen by the wonderful Daria Bonera, thank you! One day before the word‘s children day this is a good occasion to draw attention to the situation of children worldwide! Too many children and teenagers are still suffering because of the decisions made by us adults

My portrait of Andrew made it to the shortlist of the Life Framer Award “Portraits”

Check out the beautiful shirts and boards of the “Happy When it Rains” series by Wasted Paris with one of my photos from Belfast UK!

On the occasion of my current exhibition “Where is my Place?” at Galerie Clara Maria Sels I will have an artist talk with art historian Silvana Alberti on Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 6.30 pm.

Please join this online event via zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85141792254?pwd=yhlT9Xcl3wt7jbZcgX8qyStDQmK2dO.1

I’m really looking forward to this evening and as I’m on my way to Belfast right now there might even some special guests join us!

The excitement is great! I’ll be back in Ireland next week to continue working on my long term series about teenagers…

Just found this in my mailbox! One of my photos on the cover of the new novel “Close to home” by Michael Magee, published by Penguin Random House Spain. Thanks to Michael Magee and Joana Lopez! I love this interplay of documentary photography with literature or music and it’s always nice to see photos as a book cover!

I’m just back from an assignment in Malawi. Watch out for new work to be published soon.

Exhibition at Galerie Clara Maria Sels, May 17 – July 5 – join us for the opening on Friday, May 17, 6PM at Poststr. 3. in Düsseldorf! This show is part of ‘duesseldorf photo+’

Finally back to Africa soon – stay tuned!

Current exhibition of my series “Children of War” about the important work of NGO Friedensdorf International at Cascina Roma Fotografia in San Donato Milanese, “Impegno Umanitario, Scatti di solidarietà”. Ongoing till June 2nd!

“Wee Muckers” is a finalist for the Swiss Storytelling Awards by Lugano Photo Days!

“053kids” is a finalist in the Black & White Category for the Gomma Grant 2023!

I am absolutely thrilled to be a selectee for the Copenhagen Photo Festival, 6-16 June 2024! Many thanks to the entire organizing team, who worked with a lot of dedication and attention to detail! Check out the 15 selectees and see you in Denmark:

It is a great pleasure to participate in the initiative of my Italian friends from WSP photography to support Doctors Without Borders Italia with a print donation. From December 15th to 21st you can visit the exhibition in via Costanzo Cloro 58 in Rome and get beautiful prints from many esteemed colleagues. Fair prices for a good cause!

Link: www.collettivowsp.org

A really great honour at the end of the year that my work will be presented as a finalist of the International Human Rights Photo Festival in the streets of Barcelona. I am delighted to be shown alongside such great photographers and important subjects. My series will be on display at Jardins Villa Florida, on Carrer Reus, Sairrà-Sant Gervasi District, from 10 December to 2 January. Check out the 10 series if you have the chance to!

As a finalist in the “Envision Kindness” Award, one of my photos from the series ‘Children of war’ was published by der Spiegel.

This publication on World Children’s Day hopefully helps to draw more attention to the rights and protection of the most vulnerable in our world: children and young people.

More than happy that my portrait of Charlie also has been chosen by judge Martin Parr as a winner of the Life Framer Award “Humans of the World”.

A dark image full of contrast and destruction awaits the viewers gaze. The child stands in uncertainty as a symbol of youth and innocence within a burning and littered landscape. The viewer is left to question the boy’s reason for being there, and the fate that befalls him and his generation as they navigate an ever changing city. There are many themes woven into this image, from the many collected stories that a long term series like this affords the photographer. It’s a powerful single image. – LIFE FRAMER

Delighted that my portrait of Charlie from the series “Wee Muckers – Youth of Belfast” has been shortlisted and will appear in Portrait of Britain, Vol 6 by The British Journal of Photography.

Congrats to all on the shortlist! All portraits will be published in the sixth edition of the Portrait of Britain book, published by Bluecoat Press.

#053kids at Hamburg Portfolio Review * Freelens Galerie * 14/9 – 18/10

Wee Muckers at Festival della Fotografia Etica * Palazzo Modignani * 30/9 – 29/10

A nice surprise: on the day of my return from Northern Ireland #126 of the podcast “Fotografie Neu Denken” is online. Because in the conversation with Andy Scholz, the youth from Belfast and their influence on my work naturally also play a major role.

Check out the interview I did with ‘Life is Scene’ Magazine

Two of my photos will be shown till end of June in the Glasgow Gallery of Photography. Check it out if you are in the city!

A beautiful article of the Photography Collective ‘Document Scotland’ about my work on football in the country.

It is a great honour to see #053kids awarded as Jurors’ Pick at the LensCulture Portrait Awards.

Noelle Flores Théard, Senior Digital Photo Editor of “The New Yorker”, says “I appreciated Toby’s documentary approach to portraiture. His images conveyed an authenticity and honesty in German youth who are living in the margins. His compositions are varied and allow for the landscape to help tell the story. I get the sense that he spends a lot of time getting to know the people he photographs, and I feel that I somehow know them after seeing his photographs.”

It’s a great honour to have my current long-term project about growing up in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods characterised by migration and gang crime on the shortlist of one of the biggest photo competitions worldwide. #053kids is shortlisted in the portraiture category for the Sony World Photo Awards!

worldphoto.org/053kids-toby-binder

Delighted with the news that my portrait of Brendan from my project “Wee Muckers” is on the shortlist of this years @bjp1854 “Portrait of Humanity”. The image will be published in the new POH book by @hoxtonminipress.

Portrait of Humanity Shortlist | Vol. 5

I am happy to be represented on the shortlist of the Global Peace Award once again.

Just walked into a book shop in Italy… Cover for the Italian edition of Atticus Lish’s “the war for gloria”.

Cover story for BISS magazine. About volunteers who help incoming refugees from Ukraine in Munich. Thanks to Margit Roth (editor-in-chief), Daniela Wiesemann (graphics), Caroline von Eichhorn (text), @nastya.tru and Münchner Freiwillige – Wir helfen e.V.

Great News — My work will be exhibited as part of a group show in Paris at @galeriejoseph on May 27-28-29, 2022!

STREET SANS FRONTIÈRES PARIS 2022
LIFE IS STREET INTERNATIONAL PHOTO EXPO
Exhibition Open to the public: May 27-28-29, 2022.

Galerie Joseph Le Palais
5 Rue Saint-Merri
Paris

Great News — My work will be exhibited by LensCulture as part of a group show in NYC at @caelumgallery on May 20-21-22, 2022!

LENSCULTURE NEW YORK 2022
NEW DISCOVERIES IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Exhibition Open to the public: May 20-21-22, 2022.
Reception Info > Eventbrite

Caelum Gallery
508 – 526 West 26th Street, Third Floor
New York, New York

If you love football & photography take a look at the Lower Block, where I show pictures of my Scotland series and was allowed to talk about my love for VfB and the admiration of the Bravehearts.

Great to have one of my photos featured @newstatesman. In great company.

Hey friends, I am very happy that the “Wee Muckers” will be shown as part of a group exhibition:

Invitation to the exhibition opening “Lebenswelt – vier Räume – acht fotografische Positionen” – Sunday, March 20, 2022, 11h – Kunstverein Schloß Ellwangen.

Hope to see you there!

Hey friends, I am very happy to announce that “#053kids” will be shown as part of a group exhibition:

Invitation to the exhibition opening “People on the street” – Friday, March 11, 2022, 19h – Märkisches Museum Witten.

Hope to see you there!

What a great end to the year 2021! It’s a big honor that my current long-term project #053kids is awarded by Unicef Photo of the Year. After 2017, I am again receiving an honorable mention in this most important award concerning the situation of children and young people worldwide. Thanks to UNICEF Deutschland, the jury and all my friends in Duisburg who make all this possible. Exhibitions and book to come in 2022. So stay tuned!

Humanitäre Lage in Afghanistan spitzt sich zu:
Friedensdorf International hilft mit Lebensmitteln

Nach dem Rückzug der internationalen Gemeinschaft droht durch monatelange Dürre eine humanitäre Katastrophe. Mindestens die Hälfte der Menschen ist akut von Hunger bedroht. Meine Freunde vom Friedensdorf in Kooperation mit dem Afghanischen Roten Halbmond helfen in dieser Not. Noch im Dezember verteilt der Rote Halbmond in Kabul 2000 Pakete mit Grundnahrungsmitteln an besonders bedürftige Familien. Mit einem der 120-Kilo-Pakete kann sich eine Familie mindestens einen Monat lang ernähren. Ein Paket kostet 100 Euro, die Hilfsaktion wird komplett aus Spenden finanziert.

Bitte unterstützt diese wichtige Aktion, wenn Ihr könnt!

Spendenkonto:
Stadtsparkasse Oberhausen
IBAN: DE59 3655 0000 0000 1024 00
SWIFT-BIC: WELADED1OBH
Stichwort: Afghanistan

Reportage for the current issue of BISS: Martin is a vendor of the street magazine. How his dog helped him to get through the pandemic.

Portrait of author Nathalie Stüben for Der Spiegel

I’m happy about a commendation at the Bar Tur Photo Awards 2021 and to be exhibited alongside such great colleagues until September 3 at the Urban Banks Berlin. Check it out!

I am very happy to be part of the Hamburg Portfolio Review 2021, including an exhibition together with the 100 selected photographers.

On assignmet for Strabag foresite innovation magazine on the S21 construction site

All Spanish-speaking friends will find here a nice interview I was allowed to give to the Chilean magazine Joia.

Long-term project on teenagers in socially deprived neighbourhoods before, during and after lockdown. More to come, stay tuned!

Glad to be shortlisted for the Cluster Artist in Residence Programme 2021.

I am very concerned about the current developments in Myanmar, a country I visited in 2017 and experienced the great curiosity and openness of the people – after decades of isolation. Let’s hope that the road will not lead them back to those times.

We are happy that “Wee Muckers” is part of Trieste Photo Days from October 17 to November 8 and OFF Festival Bratislava from November 6 to 20 and will be shown there.

Come by! For detailed information please visit the websites of Urban Photo Book Awards and OFF Bratislava.

Due to the current situation book signings are unfortunately only announced shortly before the date.

Fantastic news – “Wee Muckers” take 2nd place in the prestigious Street Photography Awards by LensCulture. Congrats to all the winners & check out the great work!

My friends of fotogloria included me in their series #facesofphotography asking photographers about their work and lives during these challenging times.

It’s time to stay at home and get something good to read. Otherwise you’ll end up with “The Sun”… There is still a small number of the first edition of “Wee Muckers” available. All signed and numbered: www.toby-binder.de/shop/

I have begun to document life in these unusual times in Munich. Keep up to date with my current photos on facebook!

Hey guys, I took over the Instagram account of Belfast Photo Festival this week. You can follow me there until Sunday.

Just received the great news that I have been awarded 2nd Prize for my Wee Muckers Series from The Gomma Photography Grant. Congrats to all the winners in the different categories!

Already for the third time one of my photos was awarded at the renowned Life-Framer Award. This time in the category “Streetlife“, selected by the jury member Bruce Gilden! I took the photo of Chloe and Ethan kissing on a rooftop in Liverpool in 2017.

I am very happy and proud to be chosen “Best of Show” Gold Award Winner by the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2019. Congrats to all the other category winners, nominees and winner of the German Peace Award of Photography!

There is a beautifully presented exhibition at the Museumsquartier Osnabrück, if you have the chance, then take a look!

“Freunde der Fotografie” will present “Wee Muckers – Youth of Belfast” and previous work from the UK with screenings and an artist talk.

Hamburg friends, come by and say Hi!

Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Thursday, October 17, 6 pm
Haus der Photographie, Auditorium

Delighted that my photo from the series Friedensdorf International was selected as first prize winner in the open call of the Life Framer Award. Grateful even more about the trust I received by the wonderful girl Sonita and the team of Friedensdorf for letting me follow the medical treatment of injured children from their arrival in Germany until they return to their families in Afghanistan.

I’ll be in town for Photoville and the Award Reception of the ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography. Saturday, September 14, 5–7 pm at the Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adam Street, Brooklyn, NY
„Wee Muckers“ will be shown at Photoville, September 12–22, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY. Including book signing.
Both the Exhibition and Award Reception are free and open to the public. Come by and say Hi!

Nice interview at German National Geographic online about the Zeke-Award and my Wee Muckers Project.

I am very honored that “Youth of Belfast” was awarded First Place of the ZEKE Award by Social Documentary Network. The project will be exhibited in the SDN/ZEKE exhibition at Photoville, September 12-22, in Brooklyn and will also be featured in the fall issue of ZEKE magazine.

Wee Muckers is on the shortlist of “Die Schönsten Deutschen Bücher 2019”. Thanks to Stiftung Buchkunst and congrats to the winners!

Wee Muckers are coming home! I am glad that “Wee Muckers – Youth of Belfast” has been selected at the Open Submission and will be shown at Belfast Photo Festival 2019 at St. Annes Square. Starting June 6th. There will be a book signing at gallery Artcetera, Rosemary Street on June 7th, 7pm – come by and say Hi!

“Wee Muckers” will come to Arles as part of the Open Walls exhibition! I’m honored to have made the shortlist of this group exhibition that coincides with Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles. Thanks to The British Journal of Photography and Galerie Huit Arles

“Wee Muckers” had a great review by Jenna Mulhall-Brereton at ZEKE magazine, the magazine of global documentary. Thank you GlennRuga and BarbaraAyotte!

I will be at Photo London with “Wee Muckers” for a book signing on Friday, May 17th, 4PM at the Kehrer booth! Come by and say hi!

The Sony World Photography Awards 2019 shortlist has been revealed and “Wee Muckers” are in – brief category “Identity”, professional competition! To be selected the second time after 2017 in this prestigious Award is great news.

Washington Post is showing a large edit of photos from my book “Wee Muckers – Youth of Belfast” on their website. Check it out!

The Guardian is showing a large edit of photos from my book “Wee Muckers – Youth of Belfast” on their website. Check it out!

On Sunday, March 10th, 11pm there will be a short report about my book “Wee Muckers – Youth of Belfast” on German TV programme “ttt – titel, thesen, temperamente“, ARD.

Cover story for Chrismon magazine about chances and difficulties of reconciliation in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland – 31 years after an IRA bomb attack. With a deep and balanced text by Michael Güthlein.

There is a nice article with a short interview about my project “Youth of Belfast” on World Photography Organisation – check it out!

The Guardian has selected my photo of Stella from the series “Child Witches of Nigeria” as a favourite entry for the “Portrait of Humanity”

I’m very honoured to receive the 2nd place of the Philip-Jones-Griffiths-Award 2018. Many thanks to the PJG Foundation and the jurors.

My long-term project about daily life of teenagers in Belfast, between Peace Agreement and Brexit will be published in February 2018 by Kehrer. To make this 120 page hard-cover book actually come to life, we need your support. You can order your personal copy and original prints on Kickstarter from November 5th on. Look out for news on Kickstarter, my website and facebook. Spread the word. Help to make it happen. Thank you!

“If I had been born at the top of my street, behind the corrugated-iron border, I would have been British. Incredible to think. My whole idea of myself, the attachments made to a culture, heritage, religion, nationalism and politics are all an accident of birth. I was one street away from being born my ‘enemy’“. Belfast-born writer and author of the awarded novel “The Good Son” Paul McVeigh has written the introduction for the book.

My photo “Strength, Respect, Loyalty” which is part of the series “Youth of Belfast” will be shown at the Bronx Documentary Center during the SDN 10th Anniversary Exhibition on October 27th, 7-10pm. Event is free and open to public, come by and join us! RSVP required.

For assignments contact +49.160.92371505 or fotogloria.

My reportage from inside Bolivian prison San Pedro, where inmates live together with their families, has been published at “topos magazine”.
www.toposmagazine.com

For assignments contact +49.160.92371505 or fotogloria.

Back on assignment at “Friedensdorf International” and their Afghanistan mission. Each time touching to see these brave and proud kids! More to come soon.

My photo “the kiss”, taken a while ago at West Village, NY was published on this weeks issue of “die Zeit”.

This year’s shortlist nomination at the Alfred Fried Photography Award means my personal hattrick in this Award after being part of it already in 2014 and 2016!
www.friedaward.com

My long-term project about the Youth of Northern Ireland is among the finalists of Lugano Photo Days.
www.luganophotodays.ch
www.facebook.com/LuganoPhotoDay

I am very happy about this news that reaches me just in the moment that I am back to Belfast to keep on working on this series!

My part of “Themmuns”, our collaborative project about youth in Northern Ireland after UK’s Brexit decision is on the shortlist for the ZEISS Photography Award. It will be shown at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London from April 20th – May 6th. Come by if you have the chance to!

Nice publication on Russian “Bird In Flight” magazine about ten of my favourite photos, unfortunately only in Russian! журнал “Bird in Flight” с приятным отчетом о моей работе – к сожалению, пока только на русском!
birdinflight.com

2nd Place at “Profi Foto New Talent Award” gives me the chance to continue the project “Youth of the UK”.
www.profifoto.de

Parts of my series “Youth of the UK” will be shown at Duesseldorf Photo Weekend on February 16th, 2018 as part of the exhibition “Neighbourhood” that is also showing work by Matt Hulse, Giya Makondo-Wills, Lucia Tollens and Adriano Vannini. Opening at WP5 Raum Rudolph, Worringer Platz, 6pm. Hope to see you there!

Very happy about the honorable mention by UNICEF Photo of the Year 2017 for my work “Youth of the UK” about the daily life of young people in the United Kingdom!

Continuing my series “Youth of the UK” with the current project ›Youth in Northern Ireland‹. End of August heading up to Liverpool.

My portrait of Juan Martín Guevara has been published at Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.

Award-ceremony of the HIPA-Awards at the opera house of Dubai. I’m very glad about the 2nd place in the general black & white category.

It’s a big honour to be again on the shortlist of the Nannen-Preis with my story about the work of Friedensdorf International, published at VICE.

I’m very happy to be shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards 2017 at the “Daily Life” category with my series “Youth of the UK”.
worldphoto.org

Documentary about the first tea plantations in Scotland producing one of the most expensive teas in the world. lhm-lounge.de

Documentary about football culture in Munich focusing on TSV 1860 and FC Bayern supporters. biss-magazin.de

My phone here is +54.911.33430282.

My work about Friedensdorf International will be shown at the CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía de Madrid (Plaza Cibeles 1) from January 24 till March 5.

Together with Jens Schwarz we just received the VG Bild-Kunst grant which will enable us to futher a collaborative project on Brexit-related social disruptions in the UK.

During my stay in Myanmar you can contact me via email or at 0095.9768518983.

I feel very honoured to be among the finalists of the “Luis-Valtueña”-Award by Médicos del Mundo Spain for Humanitarian Photography.

medicosdelmundo.es

With my long term project about Friedensdorf International.
www.vice.com

I will travel to Myanmar January 1st – January 20th and to Argentina January  24th – March 14th.

For assignments please send an email or get in touch with my agency.

“Going into this judging I did hold hope of there being images representing migration into Europe. Toby has focused his particular efforts on docu­menting sick and wounded children brought to Germany by the NGO Peace Village International for specialist medical treatment not available in their country of origin. This image has haunting quality to it… the child appears to demonstrate both vulnerability – with his medical wrist tag, small stature, and the way he is holding onto the NGO staff member’s hand – but at the same time his eyes seem to show an expression of a child who has seen and experienced things that have forced him to deal with the tough and often brutal realities of the world in which he lives, and grow up fast. The photographer has used light, contrast and reflection very effec­tively in the image, and the composition means that the viewer’s attention to directed almost exclusively to the boy’s face and the hand holding.”

– Patrick di Nola

www.life-framer.com/six-continents

For assignments contact +49.160.92371505 or fotogloria.

Judoka Rafaela Silva made it and won the first gold medal for Brazil in the Olympics 2016! Congrats Rafaela! Well deserved!

I’m very happy to be nominated for the Media Award of child rights organisation “Kindernothilfe”. www.kindernothilfe.de

Our reportage about two sisters from Rio who made it from the favelas to the upcoming Olympics. www.nido.de

Very happy to be again on the shortlist of the Alfred-Fried-Award!

www.friedaward.com

A picture of my series about arriving refugees in Munich in the new issue of Max Joseph magazine. www.staatsoper.de

Our documentary about the impact of the use of glyphosate in Argentina.
www.brigitte.de

On May 24th Eritrea is celebrating 25 years of independence from Ethiopia.
Thinking of all my Eritrean friends and their families. Asmara, 2014

for assignments please contact mail@toby-binder.de / +54 9 11 62310762

or fotogloria +49 (0)40.60942906 / info@fotogloria.de

My series about child labour in Bolivia has been published at “Stern”. www.stern.de

My series from Megyer, Hungary at “brand eins”. www.brandeins.de

During September thousands of refugees arrive at Munich Central station. Volunteers are providing clothes and food for the new arrivals.

One of my photos about LGBTI in Cameroon as Cover for “Amnesty Magazine” Switzerland. www.amnesty.ch

I had another wonderful day at Friedensdorf International and could witness the arrival of children from Angola. If you wish to support their great work, please donate at: www.friedensdorf.de

First images of the exhibit and the opening last Saturday! Changing Realities is designed for the presentation in the public arena. On billboards – altars of western consumer society – the selected photographic positions create a surprising “art” space. It is thus not only an exhibition, but also an intervention in public space. I’m shown there with my series “Friedensdorf” and “conflict-free mining in Eastern Congo”: Changing Realities – Images of a World in Transition

My series about child labour in Bolivia now on “Das Magazin”, N°23: dasmagazin.ch

My work about conflict-free mining in Eastern Congo has been shown at the photo festival “Horizonte Zingst”.

One of my photos from Bottom Hospital/Malawi in “Der Spiegel”.

In today’s issue of “Nido”: portraits from my series about child labour in Bolivia: www.nido.de

Our book about Foodtrucks has been published at Prestel. http://www.randomhouse.de/

Travelling to one of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever been to.

FIFA weekly magazine with parts of my series about 5-a-side pitches in Buenos Aires.

Travelling to the Silver mines of Potosí for a story about child labour in Bolivia.