Welcome to my website.
Here you can find examples of my artwork, both commercial and
personal, and information about my career to date. I've been a
photographer since 1983, and have been designing artwork for album covers
and other music-related material since 1989. I also produce layouts and
design and can provide proof-reading services.
I can be
contacted directly by email at
info_at_pwhole.com |
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News
- May 2024: I recently created a cover design and layout for
Mzylkypop's
Threnodies and Ad Hocs, created and directed
by Mike Ward and featuring a galaxy of Sheffield avant-music artists. |
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NEWS
- January 2023: The British Cave Research Association
occasionally produces guide books, and they recently asked me to do
proof-editing and layout services on their latest publication
Exploring the Karst and Caves of the Gower Peninsula, edited by John
S Cooper, who also did most of the photography. The book is available to
purchase online. |
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- December 2022: Warp Records'
Artificial Intelligence, released in 1992, was a ground-breaking
album, both for its musical content/direction of travel, and its
computer-generated sleeve image, created by me on an Amiga 2000 computer
- over several weeks, as 3D modelling and rendering software was in its
infancy. The image has become somewhat iconic since that
time, and I'm
pleased to announce that the
30th Anniversary reissue of the album also features t-shirts and
signed prints of my cover image. Daniel Dylan Wray interviewed me as
part of a large feature on the reissue in
The Quietus, December 2022. |
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- October 2022: I've been doing the layout of the biannual
Peak District Mines Historical Society bulletin
Mining History for the last couple of years, and this culminated in
a monster 120-page double edition on the Masson Mine system above
Matlock in Derbyshire. The mine was operational continuously from the
1450s to the 1950s, mostly for lead ore, but in its final decades for
fluorspar. The issue features over 60 photos and a fold-out A3 brand-new
digitally-sourced survey, and is a fine document of a historically
important mining site. |
Cover Copyright © PDMHS
2022.
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September 2021: It is with great regret that I can confirm that my
long-time collaborator and good friend,
Richard H Kirk, has recently died. We'd worked closely together
since 1990 on
album covers, box-sets, CGI and video, on both his solo projects and
Cabaret Voltaire, and a quick glance through this
archive will show just how many that included. It's a huge loss to
British music and a sad moment for all who knew him personally. RIP. |
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April 2020: Two further new Cabaret Voltaire albums,
BN9Drone and
Dekadrone released, with artwork by Phil Barnes, and all image
processing and layout by me. |
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November 2020: First new Cabaret Voltaire album released since 1994,
Shadow of Fear, with artwork by Phil Barnes, and all image
processing and layout by me.
Shadow of Funk 12" EP
also released. |
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December 2019: Major re-release of Cabaret Voltaire's
Methodology, as a seven-album clear vinyl box-set, with all image
processing and layout by me. |
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October 2019: A major paper, survey and photos (18 pages) on the
restoration and exploration of Longcliffe Mine,
Castleton, published in the biannual PDMHS bulletin
Mining History, Vol. 20, No.5. The five-year project culminated in the
discovery of significant extensions and mining artifacts, documented
within. |
Cover Copyright © PDMHS
2019.
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August 2019: A new
collaborative sound project recorded entirely underground in caves and
mines with artist/illustrator Dominika Wróblewska has just been
released. |
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contents Copyright © 2023 Phil Wolstenholme. All Rights Reserved.
All forms of
reproduction are strictly prohibited without prior permission of the artist. |