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Back To Mono – The Phil Spector Christmas Album photo session with George Harrison and Graham Nash (1972) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

Phil Spector The Christmas album session – photo Clive Arrowsmith A joyful and familiar Liverpool drawl spoke to me down the phone saying “Clive, I need you to shoot the cover of Phil Spector’s Christmas album“. The familiar voice was that of George Harrison and I of course was happy to oblige. George wanted me […]

Writers – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

‘It’s Clive,” I ventured we have a meeting about your movie”, there was a clattering of what sounded like cans, then Hunter let me in, where he shambled into the room and then slumped down onto the floor leaning back in an open fridge which had, had it’s door aggressively removed by Hunter. I found […]

Jeremy Irons – A Joy & So At Ease In Front Of The Camera (2005) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

The week before my shoot with Jeremy Irons I had left a message on his mobile. A few days before the shoot he rang just as the assistants were unloading the car after another long days shoot. His dark velvet tones rang down the phone “Hello Clive my darling heart, it’s Jeremy Irons, I believe […]

In Print – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

My girlfriend who is a devout vegan looked completely horrified but brightened at the prospect of meeting Terence Stamp. Terence was sitting at the far end of the restaurant with his brother and Michael Stephenson. To say he was brooding and smouldering is an understatement as you can see from the image above and although […]

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 […]

Ballet – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

Darcey followed my very clumsy instructions of various ballet forms which I attempted to physically articulate myself, much to the hilarity and amusement of all those present in the studio including Darcey herself, who at various points laughed so much we had to pause.

My First Shoot With The Divine Liv Tyler (1993) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

My dear friend Bebe called me up and said ‘Cliver I am coming to London (from LA) with my beautiful daughter Liv and I’d love you to take some photographs”. I was of course delighted to be asked and booked a studio in Chelsea. They both arrived at the studio in what looked like matching […]

The Cellist in Red – Nina Kotova – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

My agent Julian Cotton in the late 90s was, like me a huge classical music fan. He phoned late one night gushing compliments and hardly able to contain himself: “Clive, I have just come from the Wigmore Hall and have just heard and seen, the most superb cellist in concert and her name is Nina […]

Back To Mono – The Phil Spector Christmas Album photo session with George Harrison and Graham Nash (1972) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

Loulou de la Falaise & the Unfortunate Incident – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

I started photographing the Paris collections in 1972 for British Vogue with the mighty Grace Coddington. For the first night Anne Schaufuss (my great love and muse) had worked all the way through, in those days you could only get the clothes at night and it was truly exhausting for all concerned. Buoyed by the […]

My Friend Tony Curtis – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer

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 […]