Born in Botswana to English and American parents, Tobin has spent the majority of his life living on the African continent, first in Botswana and Malawi, and then later in Kenya and Somalia. After graduating from university, Tobin returned to Africa with a job in Somalia working with the United Nations and African Union to photograph the country’s emergence from over two decades of civil war and its continued struggle with extremism. Today Tobin lives in Nairobi, where he continues to work as a photographer throughout the region.
