Dan Tobyne is a native New Englander who graduated from Salem State College. His passion for photography started when he was nine years old and received his first camera. He started working in his own darkroom at age 13. Tobyne is a senior program coordinator for housing development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who likes to document the program's construction projects from start to finish. He is a member of the Marblehead Arts Association and the Griffin Museum of Photography. He lives in Wenham, Massachusetts.