Tom Wood - People - 1999

Hardcover. Blått papirdeksel rundt harde permer, med tittelen preget i hvitt på forsiden og på ryggen, med fotografisk illustrert støvomslag. Fotografier av Tom Wood. Redigert av Thomas Zander og Jürgen Kisters. Forord av Lewis Biggs. Essayene (på tysk og engelsk) av Jürgen Kisters, Klaus Honnef og Hubertus von Amelunxen. Etterord av Mark Holborn. Inneholder en liste over platesider, biografi og utstillingshistorikk. 104 s., med 37 fargeredigerte og 26 svart-hvite platesider, vakkert trykt av Druck and Verlagshaus Wienand GmbH, Köln, fra separasjoner av IMS Integrated Media Solutions GmbH, Köln. 13 x 9-7/8 tommer. Dette første opplaget var begrenset til 1500 eksemplarer. Utsolgt. Meget sjeldent. Fint i fint støvskapima. Fra forlaget: "With unswerving concentration, he finds moments of a magical and forceful beauty in everyday life, even at its shabbiest. And he takes portraits of a rare clarity and discernment. Unremittingly, resolutely, and with a unique feeling for the aesthetic acumen of moments of intense humanity, he has produced a phenomenal oeuvre, of which this book presents a representative cross-section."

"Published in 1999, People is a classic photobook by the renowned street photographer Tom Wood that captures the authentic, everyday lives of ordinary people in Liverpool."

"Released in 1999 by the publisher Wienand Verlag in Cologne, Germany. It was edited by Thomas Zander and Jürgen Kisters, with essays from writers like Jürgen Kisters, Klaus Honnef, and Hubertus von Amelunxen."

"Wood spent nearly three decades photographing the neighborhoods, pubs, bus stops, and streets of Merseyside and Liverpool. People focuses heavily on portraits of individuals, couples, workers, and families."

"Wood's lens avoids commercial advertising aesthetics or cold detachment. Instead, his pictures show an intimate, raw, and tender connection to his subjects, treating everyday strangers with the same deep respect and dignity as his own friends and family."

"The book acts as a visual window into a working-class city, stripping away the superficial layers or clichés often placed on urban life by mainstream media."