Tobin yellend born in berkeley california 1970.His parents were artists so thats were his sence of creativity he lived in the middle of the forest so it would take hours to get to anywere. Tobin was shortly about to be born when his parents went down to berkeley.Tobins mom went down to fenton ice cream shop asked for a maple walnut shake and some castro gas Tobin was born later that after noon.For years he lived in branscomb CA. Hes parents were living the dream of a succesful artists and them being an artists had everything to do with showing him how to make a career out of his pashion; photography.Tobins parents later split in 1973 tobin and his mother moved to san francisco & setteled down.At age 11 my mother remarried we moved to a new neighborhood.His first day at his new school he wore a pair of checkered vans from his bmx days and fell into a group of skateboarders they turned me on to skating and became my friends. Tobin started to take pictures with his stepfathers Dons camera. The summer he was 14 he started to take classes at the de young museum. He went to the classes and dove into developing and printing hes own photographs. After that i had a dark room in my parents attic and he was takeing photos like mad. He finally found his passion. At 15 he was published in the thrasher magazine (very old skateboard magazine).A year later he shot the venture truck company advertisment.After hes photos were published he was geting paid. His future had finally been decided Tobin yellend would become a famous photographer. Tobin yellend had been a professianal photographer since 1990 he started film making 5 years later he loves what he does he moved to new york in april 2001.Tobin Yellend still continues to capture the world as he sees it Tobin yellend now lives in brooklyn new york with his wife vanessa and his son gabriel.
