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The big picture: Liverpool’s mothers go to market

Tom Wood’s 13 years taking photos of shoppers at Great Homer Street Market earned him the nickname Photie Man

Between 1978 and 1991, Tom Wood would take the ferry from his home in New Brighton and spend his Saturday mornings photographing the people toing and froing in Liverpool’s Great Homer Street market. After spending a few hours there, which earned him the local nickname Photie Man, he would head over to watch the football, surrounded by men.

But at the market the crowds were mostly made up of women. Wood became fascinated with the family relationships of those around him; the features shared across different faces; the interactions between the women and girls, now celebrated in his latest show, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, opening tomorrow at the Arles photography festival.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Xi09FH
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