My assistant set up the lights and I wanted it lit in such a way that his head and hands where the only thing that was illuminated with the rest of his body in darkness. Once we’d set up the lights I noticed he had very shiny patent shoes which I also lit from the […]

Chiswick Mall runs along the side of the river Thames (the river that winds its way through the City of … More I myself was in a highly nervous state, because it had taken so much time to produce the Polaroid test. Peeling back the Polaroid with Paul, Linda and the band peeking over my […]

I shot these images of the late great Robert Palmer for Elle Magazine (London). He was such an elegant man and arrived dressed in a beautiful blue silk suit, he was incredibly well turned out for a rock star. In my opinion, he was one of the best singers of his generation and greatly under […]

I first met the Spaghetti people the divine Nadia and Suomi La Valle in 1979, at that moment I was propped up by a lamppost outside Vogue House in Hanover Square, after over indulging at a champagne reception. I was trying to get a cab and failing. That was in the days when I still imbibed […]

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 […]

You can order signed copies of Clive’s books direct from us, for details please email eugenie(AT)totalcreative.com Custom prints of Clive’s images are available on request too. Again contact us via the contact/about page with any specific requests or email eugenie(AT)totalcreativefreedom.com Classical Indian Dancers Hand – Jaipur 1970

I got a call from the secretary of the legendary British Vogue editor Beatrice Miller ” Can you come in and have tea with Ms Miller” she said. I knew to appear promptly when summoned and immediately made my way to her office from the studio at the top of Vogue House. I knocked on […]

It was a fraught and adventurous shoot, it has to be said, I risked life and limb by hanging over the edge of the top of the spiral staircase, with assistants holding my legs and jeans belt so I didn’t come to an untimely end.

Susan Moncur wearing Zandra Rhodes – photo Clive Arrowsmith I first met Zandra at a shoot at Vogue studios while I was photographing some of her clothes with Vogue stylist Grace Coddington. She later asked me to do a poster for her next seasons collection. She had booked the beautiful model Susan Moncur who was […]

Jeff Beck My agent called me and said ” Jeff Beck would like you to shoot  his next album cover – Rough And Ready“. I was delighted as I really revered his innovative guitar playing. There’s sometimes a bit of a problem photographing really gifted musicians. They are not always into having their picture taken. […]

I met the legendary Tony Curtis through the iconic hairdresser Leonard. Although he was twenty years older than me, we got on like the proverbial house in fire. We had ridiculous amounts of fun together. Despite his great success he was always very real with me. We were lads on a mission when we went […]

Poster Available now – A4-A3-A2 from £30.00-£55.00 (plus p & p) C-Type print SHOP NOW It was peculiar for me to find myself on the other side of the lenses when I went to Milan to celebrate 50 Years of The Pirelli Calendar (click for link to Independent Newspaper story, where yours truly might of had a few […]

Once we arrived at the Baths I had my assistants set up a flash unit, suspended over the Roman Bath on a boom. This would not have got past health and safety today and I was really nervous incase the boom failed, fell into the water and electrocuted Peter and myself.

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 […]