- Peter Hill (photographer)
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birthname = Peter Hill
birthdate = birth date|1981|10|9
location =Shoreham-By-Sea ,England
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nationality = English
field = RockPhotography
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awards =Peter Hill is an English, and entirely self-taught, rock music photographer who tours with and documents a variety of bands from all over the world. As of April 2007 (and since Nov 2005), he tours full time with Welsh band,
The Automatic , as well as shooting multiple other bands at the same time, and whenThe Automatic are not touring. In the past he has toured with, and documented, bands includingKaiser Chiefs ,Enter Shikari ,The Ordinary Boys ,Towers of London ,Polysics ,Do Me Bad Things ,Feable Weiner , and a number of others.Peter's photographs have been seen in publications the world over, with some of the most notable cases including; "
Rolling Stone ", "NME ", "Kerrang! ", "Rock Sound ", "Mixmag ", "Music Week ", "FRONT", "The Guardian ", "The Independent ", "The Sun", "The Japan Times ", "The Sunday Times", and many others.Peter was born on
October 9 1981 inWest Sussex , and after being educated inShoreham-By-Sea , at Cardinal Newman School inHove and at theUniversity of Southampton he now resides in East London.Bibliography
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Kaiser Chiefs - A Record of Employment (2006)Official Kaiser Chiefs book of documentary photography by Peter Hill and words by the band, and Imran Ahmed.Selected credits
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The Ordinary Boys
**"Over the Counter Culture " (2004 album) - Sleeve photography and CD bonus disc photography
*Do Me Bad Things
** "Yes!" (2005 album) - Sleeve photography
** "What's Hideous?" (2005 single) - Sleeve photography
** "Move In Stereo" (2005 single) - Cover photograph
*David Gray
** "Live in Slow Motion" (2006 DVD) - Cover photograph, sleeve photography
** Alibi (2006 Single) - Single cover photography, on three different formats
*Ed Byrne
** "Pedantic and Whimsical" (2006 DVD) - Cover photography, sleeve photography, DVD gallery
*Dynamo
** "Concrete Playground" (2006 DVD) - Cover photography, sleeve photography, DVD gallery
*Frank Turner
** "Sleep Is For The week " (2007 Album) - Rear cover photograph
*Enter Shikari
** "Take to the Skies " (2007 Album) - Sleeve photographyExternal links
* [http://www.peterhill.net Peter Hill Portfolio Website & Photographs]
* [http://peter-hill.livejournal.com/ Peter Hill] on Livejournal (his online tour diary)
* [http://www.myspace.com/peterhill Peter Hill] onMyspace
* [http://www.flickr.com/peterhill Peter Hill] onFlickr
* [http://www.theautomatic.co.uk The Automatic] - Official website, using his photos in the fabric of the site, and the gallery.
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