Irish WorkIrish Work by Tom Wood is a highly personal book of unseen photographs taken over a period of over nearly 50 years. The book contains over 200 previously unpublished images centring on Woods lifelong relationship with Ireland a personal story and conflict, linked to the wider history of the country. Tom Wood was born in 1951 to a Catholic mother and a Protestant father, who were later forced to emigrate to England. He would return home to Ireland

38 years overdue

and it has been edited and sequenced by artist Padraig Timoney who also contributed the cover design

the 360 images are paired with 22 stories from Holocaust survivors and their descendants

exposed a few sheets of film both in colour and black and white

and to the simple genius of the oatcake

clothbound book features as a B-side to ‘The Works’ trilogy

making photographs for my new work and book

which some will find ordinary and others extraordinary in its homeliness

Centre Culturel Irlandais

gained his MA in Photography from University of West of England

“The book really captures the spirit of the club” – John Moss

the Portfolio: 100 photographs (1949-1983)