Gomma Photography Grant 2023
#053kids
Photographer
Toby Binder
#053kids
23 Feb, 2024
In a supposedly rich industrial country of Germany, one in five children lives in poverty. In areas like Duisburg-Hochfeld it is more than very second minor. During the pandemic especially young people from socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods suffered from the lockdown measures. This is a long-term documentary about teenage life, social injustice and questions about own identity and belonging. While kids often neither know their parents‘ home country nor feel accepted in Germany, they use the digits 053 of the postcode of Duisburg-Hochfeld for identification. It‘s the only place they really feel belonging to. These are the 053kids.
About the photographer
Toby Binder
Toby was born in Esslingen in 1977 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. He often takes the perspective of young people. Toby's work has been awarded internationally, e.g. with a Gomma Grant and LensCulture Award in 2020, the Zeke- and Felix-Schoeller-Award in 2019, the Philip-Jones-Griffiths-Award in 2018, the Sony-World-PhotoAwards 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" was published by Kehrer
