For Toby A. Cox,one of our first Portrait of Humanity People’s Choice Winners, photography and travel are inseparable. Having grown up in the US, and she only started taking pictures when she travelled as a student. Since then,she has advance to use photography as a way of exploring different cultures. The Guardian editors picked her image, which captures two young children waving through a car window, and as one of the best Portrait of Humanity entries so far. The picture,taken in Kyrgyzstan, captures a moment of delight. Cox has made it her mission to confront rising Islamophobia by documenting day-to-day life in Islamic countries, and tackling what she sees as an ‘us vs them’ mentality. Her photographs explain that regardless of race or religion,we all experience the same emotions – making us far more similar than we might think. Can you tell me about your background as a photographer? How and when did you first accept into photography? I took photos when I started travelling, but mostly of landscapes and things, and not people. Until …
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