Tom Wood

Tom Wood is an Irish born artist known for his street photography, portraiture and the continual recording of the daily lives of people in Liverpool and Merseyside between 1978 and 2003.

A pioneering colourist, he initially studied Fine Art at Leicester Polytechnic from 1973 to 1976. Wood has taken photographs almost every day over the last 40 years, constantly moving between different formats and photographic styles; colour and black and white. Throughout his practice he has explored the medium of photography, leading to different interpretations of his subject matter and revealing new depths and details in his photographic works.

Wood was awarded the Prix Dialogue de l’Humanite at the Rencontres d’Arles in 2002, and short-listed for the Becks Futures Award in 2001. And was the subject of the BBC4 documentary What Do Artists Do All Day? in 2014. His work has been published in numerous monographs including: Women’s Market (2018), Men and Women (2013), Photie Man (2005) and Looking for Love (1989).

Tom Wood has exhibited across the world, while his works are held in many public collections including, MoMA and ICP New York, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Ireland and the J.P. Morgan Chase Art Collection.