Tom Wood, the Eye and Soul of Liverpool

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For thirty years, Tom Wood has trained his unblinking eye on the streets of working-class Liverpool, largely forgotten by the rest of Britain. There they call him “Photie Man.” In the home of the Beatles lies a parallel society, set adrift, with its own codes and language. Tom Wood observes this world, shooting it from every angle with absolute realism, far removed from the humor of his friend, Martin Paar, or the engaged cinema of Kenneth Loach. From these raw, almost cruel images, a strange, gnawing poetry is born.