PHOTIE MAN [Paperback]

Manfred Heiting (Editor), Tom Wood (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 21, 2008

For 25 years, Tom Wood lived in New Brighton, just across the river Mersey from Liverpool. He became known locally as "photieman" because everyday he was out on the streets with his camera. Most of the pictures collected in this book were taken within a five-minute walk from Wood's home. The work focuses on the inhabitants of the town and its regular visitors, from Liverpool daytrippers to clubbers who attended the Chelsea Reach nightspot. Roberta Smith from The New York Times writes that "Each of his images seems to diagram a specific emotional exchange [and] are surprisingly individual in their composition and nuance. Neither ironic nor intrusive, they provide a poignant sense of the carefully disguised insecurity and age old rituals of youth." Wood presents over 170 dazzling color and tritone photographs of cocky youths, friends, lovers, fathers, mothers and babies that provide insight into the area, its inhabitants and the rites of passage inherent in growing up.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Photograph Magazine

Tom Wood's Photie Man (Stiedl) is a mid-career collection that should help spread the word on this terrific British photographer. Working primarily on the street and in pubs and clubs, Wood photographed the public face of New Brighton, England, across the river from Liverpool, from the late 1970's until he moved away in 2003. Wood achieves an intimacy with his subject that's at once rude and tender. July/August 2005

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Steidl (November 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 386521083X
• ISBN-13: 978-3865210838
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,502,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Anthology of Tom Woods work, July 2, 2011

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nerose "nerose" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PHOTIE MAN (Paperback)

Damn this man is a wonderful photographer.
If you've never heard of him, be sure to get this.
20+ years of photographing in the city and on the buses of Liverpool: Life, Poverty, Beauty, Transience.
"All Zones Off Peak" is the original book, but was poorly designed. This is better, though Mr Wood still awaits the fulsome publication he deserves.
Awesome stuff.