Tom Bird is an art director who uses photography as both a personal outlet and a medium to tell stories. Born and raised in the UK, currently based in Amsterdam and working globally. 


His photographic approach was refined by documenting the growing skateboarding scene in the Palestinian Occupied Territories over a number of years. Capturing the fragile freedoms of youth within an area of hostile military occupation helped to sharpen his sensitivity and taught him of the responsibility that comes with holding a camera.

His work has been published by the likes of i-D, Good Sport, STACK, Table Magazine, Essay Skate Mag, and exhibited as part of group shows in The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Czech Republic.


ARCHIVE ︎︎︎

SERIES︎︎︎
1. SAHTEN صحتين
2. EL QUETZAL
3. THE RETURNEE العائدين
4. BEIGE BRITAIN

PUBLICATIONS ︎︎︎

CONTACT︎︎︎
︎ @tombirdistheword
︎ hello@tombirdistheword.com 

Mark





EL QUETZAL

2019

            A collaborative project between myself and artist Enrica Masi celebrating the colour that radiates from Guatemala – both through the people and the land itself – all tied together by Guatemala’s illusive national icon: el Quetzal.

Released as a 24-page broadsheet publication combining a selection of original photography, paintings and typography. Available for purchase here.

Shot in Guatemala City, Ciudad Vieja, Atitilan, Acatenango and Chichicastenango.





Mark
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