I drove from London to Oxford with my assistants to photograph the great writer and scholar Philip Pullman for The Sunday Times. Jane Moore the picture editor said “Get a picture of him with a scarecrow as they feature in one of his books”. The SUV was crammed with cameras and lights, that rattled away […]
June 2023
The Vogue Shrimp Girl of Deauville (1970) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
The wonderful and gifted British Vogue editor Grace Coddington, myself, model Anne Schaufuss (my then love and muse) and Willie Christie (my erstwhile assistant) set off early one morning in my custom red Gordon Keeble sports car (with a Chevy engine) for Deauville. We packed all the stuff up outside my Kensington house, all the […]
My Dangerous Acquaintance, Marianne Faithful – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
I first saw the enigmatic Marianne Faithful at the studios of the iconic music show Ready, Steady, Go! where she’d gone to sing Ruby Tuesday. I met her in the Green Room after her performance. I said hello and talked to her and she seemed so demure, beautiful and quiet. I said “I would really […]
New Clive Arrowsmith Exhibition Amazement & Amusement – Opens on July 28th at Holden Luntz Palm Beach, Florida, USA. – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
I am delighted to announce my first solo US exhibition at Holden Luntz Gallery in Palm Beach, Florida which to my mind is one of the most prestigious galleries in America. They have called the exhibition Amazement and Amusement, I think this is really because when I met at Holden and his lovely wife Jodie at […]
Clive Arrowsmith Photographer – Online blog of acclaimed fashion , celebrity & Ads photographer Clive Arrowsmith
When I discovered them again between shoots, exhibitions and the whirlwind of the photography world. I realised how sensual and slightly androgynous the model is who I think is called Mona but I am not 100 percent sure. I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a […]
Clive Arrowsmith Photographer – Online blog of acclaimed fashion , celebrity & Ads photographer Clive Arrowsmith
When I discovered them again between shoots, exhibitions and the whirlwind of the photography world. I realised how sensual and slightly androgynous the model is who I think is called Mona but I am not 100 percent sure. I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a […]
Ingrid Boulting – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
My assistants placed the improvised cross on my shoulders and helped me down from the top studio down to Beatrice Millers office, where she was conducting a meeting with a dignitary from the National Portrait gallery. Spurred on by tequila I burst into the office, one foot in the bucket of pink yoghurt, which splashed […]
Face lift photos for Hearst Magazines – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a story about the different aspects of plastic surgery. These are two of the images from the selection I shot. It was a complex shot as the girl had to stay very still as we reloaded the plates into […]
Photography Tips – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
When I discovered them again between shoots, exhibitions and the whirlwind of the photography world. I realised how sensual and slightly androgynous the model is who I think is called Mona but I am not 100 percent sure. I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a […]
Clive Arrowsmith – The Amazement & Amusement Exhibition at Holden Luntz Gallery Florida Continues to September 22nd, 2018 – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
Really delighted that this is continuing – I have copied the press release below as I so like what they have written about me. Very honoured to be exhibiting at this incredible Gallery, http://www.holdenluntz.com CLIVE ARROWSMITH: AMAZEMENT AND AMUSEMENT 7/28/18 – 9/22/18 For decades, Clive Arrowsmith’s fashion studies and portraiture have been celebrated for their […]
Raquel Welch “Clive, you are supposed to tell me I look beautiful” (90s) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
Raquel Welch only had three lines in the 1966 movie One Million Years BC but the sight of her in a doe-skin bikini became an iconic image of the time. To a certain extent Raquel and her curves was more reminiscent of the glamazons of the Marilyn Monroe era and was a direct counter point […]
Clive Arrowsmith Photographer – Online blog of acclaimed fashion , celebrity & Ads photographer Clive Arrowsmith
When I discovered them again between shoots, exhibitions and the whirlwind of the photography world. I realised how sensual and slightly androgynous the model is who I think is called Mona but I am not 100 percent sure. I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a […]
Beauty – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
When I discovered them again between shoots, exhibitions and the whirlwind of the photography world. I realised how sensual and slightly androgynous the model is who I think is called Mona but I am not 100 percent sure. I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a […]
Film & Video – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
I always like casting shadows in my pictures and not just casting light, which is something that I don’t think people think about closely enough. There is always the moment of the big reveal that has the most incredible power and dynamism. Greta looked amazing in this Anthony Price dress. When I explained to her, […]