Fashion editor Grace Coddington was my reluctant model when the model that Vogue had booked got lost cycling along the river Seine trying to find the studio. We were shooting the Paris Collections (1970) and the pressure was on. After a lengthy wait for the lost model and some considerable warm hearted and strongly worded […]
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Kickstarter – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
It has to be said that Friday nights launch of Peter Gabriel Reflections at The Museum of Bath Architecture was … More I am delighted to announce we have reached just under (by a glorious £2.00!) 50% of our kickstarter crowdfunding goal … More It’s a brave new world for me having a direct relationship […]
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 […]
April 2019 – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
Maxine had given me complete freedom and trusted me to express myself. That is the best way to work with creatives and these are the best of days and the best of times, thanks Maxine. The shoot was at Holborn Studios and I took pictures of him and Ann and then Ann left to go […]
Bebe Buell – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
I first met the legendary model, singer and phenomenon Bebe Buell in the early 70s when she was still with her … More I went to The Savoy Hotel in London for a US publication to photograph Mick, on our arrival the concierge … More
2001: A Space Odyssey – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
In 1966 I was commissioned to do some illustrations on the set of Kubrick’s 2001. This was an extraordinary … More The assistant came back out and said in a shocked tone “He’s sticking them on Roys face!” I said “Really, not pinning them into his skin surely”. He said “I don’t know”
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 […]
1960s – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
The main thing I find using Adobe Photoshop is I can revitalise and re-image the colour and restore the original quality of the image. An analogy would be, if you remaster a Beatles album, you have the spirit of the original saved in a stable way and that is the blessing of digital. After Art […]
Cass Elliot (Mama Cass), Dave Mason and Ned Donheny – On and On The Story Goes (London 1970) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
I was shooting a fashion feature at Vogue and I was interrupted when an assistant from the editorial team came in and said “Excuse me Clive, sorry to interrupt you but we want you to do a portrait of Mama Cass”. I was right in the middle of something and I said “Oh, okay when […]
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 […]
Kansai, Fashion & Manga – At The British Museum -August 2019 – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
Hatsumi Iwasaki who works with Kansai Yamamoto’s got in touch to say Kansai would like me to photograph his exchange student’s fashion show at the British Museum to open CITI MANGA (on till the 26th of August 2019). The whole evening was under the parasol of Kansai’s wonderful, creative and vibrant vision. At first I had fear […]
Fashion & Beauty – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a story about the … More Even when I asked her if I could pour water over her head. She said yes and then my assistant was duly instructed to stand on a tall ladder and sprinkle water over […]
Beauty – 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 […]
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 […]