Layla Tobin’s photographic practice focuses on the themes of transience, community and subculture. Her work explores these ideas through a personal lens, capturing intimate portraits of the people who enter her life, her photos acting as a visual diary. Her most recent work ‘I can see the end, in the beginning of everything’ presents a cohesive series of portraits with an anonymous city acting as another subject throughout the work. The work portrays the idea of ephemerality and what it means to constantly be searching for a new beginning. Within the work, Tobin examines her need for fluidity and impermanence and creating novelty within her own world.
Layla Tobin is currently based in Brighton, United Kingdom.
Self Portrait, 2024