Tom Hoops is relentless........ His pictures fill my thoughts and favourite box day after day. It is a difficult thing to combine incredible street photography, with wit and style....to then roll it into a forceful artistic identity. Tom is undoubtedly one of my favourite photographers on Flickr, and continues to insp… Read more

Tom Hoops is relentless........ His pictures fill my thoughts and favourite box day after day. It is a difficult thing to combine incredible street photography, with wit and style....to then roll it into a forceful artistic identity. Tom is undoubtedly one of my favourite photographers on Flickr, and continues to inspire me with every new picture. His 'blacks'.... his 'whites'...... belong in greater places. Its been a pleasure to get to know him and his work....oh, and ps - he's also a very cheeky monkey! *** (ONE YEAR AND A BIT LATER......... Ps- He's 'Hoople-Doople-Tastic' and too bloody talented. I'm just adding this bit so my comment won't be lost under the bloody mountains of other testimonials :) heheheh) Love ya Hooples, so glad you're back on flickr !!!!!!! )

I found Tom through Kirsty who I found through Facebook (ahh the beauty of internet interaction) and have been so grateful to have seen some of his images. Every time I log in and seeing new images fills with me with a little rush to see what brilliance he has come out with next. Hope you don't mind me adding you… Read more

I found Tom through Kirsty who I found through Facebook (ahh the beauty of internet interaction) and have been so grateful to have seen some of his images. Every time I log in and seeing new images fills with me with a little rush to see what brilliance he has come out with next. Hope you don't mind me adding you as a contact Tom! Keep up the excellent work...

Seeing the work of tom.hoops from me at the first sight, I shake for him, deep humanity shows loving care for, inner world is excavated, embody from his image works invariably to people, perhaps this individual is insignificant, they live on the bottom of the society, but the meaning in most essence of the person that … Read more

Seeing the work of tom.hoops from me at the first sight, I shake for him, deep humanity shows loving care for, inner world is excavated, embody from his image works invariably to people, perhaps this individual is insignificant, they live on the bottom of the society, but the meaning in most essence of the person that they reflect on one's body, thank you, tom.hoops, I will often come to read your works.

So far I have never popped into someone's photo stream and spontaneously responded by writing a testimony. So this is a first. As I cruise through Tom's shots I get the eerie feeling of seeing humans for what they really are: animals. Is this an insult? Of course not! This is what we are…the species of Homo Sapiens, su… Read more

So far I have never popped into someone's photo stream and spontaneously responded by writing a testimony. So this is a first. As I cruise through Tom's shots I get the eerie feeling of seeing humans for what they really are: animals. Is this an insult? Of course not! This is what we are…the species of Homo Sapiens, such warm-blooded animals and certainly reptilian at times. With great intensity Tom makes me see straight into our human vulnerability with all of its imperfections and strength. This is terrifying and beautiful. His message to me is underscored through his black and white grit shots, dramatic angles and crop and marvellous use of light. Thanks. I will be back.

only a few months in flickr, and we found here a guy we can call a classic and a master already. a reinventor of strett photography, i think what he's doing with humans faces, expressions, and perceptions is matchless. his images are the voice of a society, unnoted to some of the ocidental word, but so significant and … Read more

only a few months in flickr, and we found here a guy we can call a classic and a master already. a reinventor of strett photography, i think what he's doing with humans faces, expressions, and perceptions is matchless. his images are the voice of a society, unnoted to some of the ocidental word, but so significant and essencial to the depth and bottom of human condition.... he must be seen for a million, if possible.

Tom’s photographs are the pictures I’ve always wanted to take: gritty, contrasty portraits that pack a punch like a shot of Jack and 151. What an incredible blend of negative space, lighting, composition and processing… I love the raw reality found in his photographs—and the empathy he has with his subjects. Beautif… Read more

Tom’s photographs are the pictures I’ve always wanted to take: gritty, contrasty portraits that pack a punch like a shot of Jack and 151. What an incredible blend of negative space, lighting, composition and processing… I love the raw reality found in his photographs—and the empathy he has with his subjects. Beautiful work!

so you go through your contacts photos and you comment and you fave them as always, but then you see Tom's photostream and the images you see stops you on your tracks...the faces, the expressions, the mood, the ambiance hits you without a warning...Tom's stream is like an action movie on steroid...it never stops to … Read more

so you go through your contacts photos and you comment and you fave them as always, but then you see Tom's photostream and the images you see stops you on your tracks...the faces, the expressions, the mood, the ambiance hits you without a warning...Tom's stream is like an action movie on steroid...it never stops to haunt you with the expressions...never knew the elasticity of the human visage, til I ran into Tom's stream...wonderful, sublime, thought provoking, and just excellence all the way!!! Thanks Tom for being you! and master at his craft!!!

Wittingly or not, Tom appears to have set out to achieve the impossible, that is to capture (some of) the essence of Thailand's complex society and its people. I want him to succeed. Mostly through black-and-white portraits that are at times only people's faces, mere flecks of light against a black background, h… Read more

Wittingly or not, Tom appears to have set out to achieve the impossible, that is to capture (some of) the essence of Thailand's complex society and its people. I want him to succeed. Mostly through black-and-white portraits that are at times only people's faces, mere flecks of light against a black background, he paints the darker side of Bangkok. The unglamorous, un-ritzy side that none of us really want to see but that old Thailand hands are so familiar with. There is struggle and sorrow in these pictures. But there are smiles too. And there is hope that shines through. Tom seems to have surprised some of us who thought we were beyond surprise when it comes to the City of Angels. He continues to do so. I am looking forward to more of the same but perhaps I am even more keen on a wider range of subjects, on trying to penetrate more and broader levels of Thai society capturing more of the essence of the Land of Smiles and what it means to be Thai. Bon voyage, Tom. Shanghai, 10 April 2008