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Tom Wood (photographer)
Irish photographer
Thomas Wood | |
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| Born | (1951-01-14) 14 January 1951 (age 74) County Mayo, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Street photography |
Thomas Wood (born 14 January 1951) is an Irish street photographer, portraitist and landscape photographer,[1][2] based in Britain.
Wood is best known for his photographs in Liverpool and Merseyside from 1978 to 2001, "on the streets, in pubs and clubs, markets, workplaces, parks and football grounds" of "strangers, mixed with neighbours, family and friends."[3] His work has been published in several books, been widely shown in solo exhibitions and received awards.
He has a retrospective exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool until 7 January 2024.[4]
Life and work
Wood was born and brought up in Crossmolina, County Mayo in the west of Ireland.[1] His family left for England in his adolescence, when his mother, a