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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘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. It was […]

Sometime in 1972 my agent called me to ask me to go and meet Richard Branson to talk about photographing … More I then asked him what he thought was the weirdest thing about the current music industry? He screwed his face up for a moment in silent contemplation and opened his eyes, looked up […]

I was lucky enough to have a jam with them which was totally amazing except my guitar playing was not up to their playing. Listening to Cass singing “On and On” with Dave and Ned was mesmerising. We went up to his hotel room to look at the clothes. Where Michael had arranged them all […]

I was lucky enough to have a jam with them which was totally amazing except my guitar playing was not up to their playing. Listening to Cass singing “On and On” with Dave and Ned was mesmerising. We went up to his hotel room to look at the clothes. Where Michael had arranged them all […]

The Sunday Times Magazine asked me to photograph Sir Michael Caine, much to my extreme delight as I always loved … More I first met the legendary model, singer and phenomenon Bebe Buell in the early 70s when she was still with her … More The week before my shoot with Jeremy Irons I had left […]

I was lucky enough to have a jam with them which was totally amazing except my guitar playing was not up to their playing. Listening to Cass singing “On and On” with Dave and Ned was mesmerising. We went up to his hotel room to look at the clothes. Where Michael had arranged them all […]

Sometime in 1972 my agent called me to ask me to go and meet Richard Branson to talk about photographing a new artist he was working with called Mike Oldfield. I’d never heard of Mike before but I knew Richard from being around town and hearing that he was a real ‘go getter’. I visited Richard […]

Sometime in 1972 my agent called me to ask me to go and meet Richard Branson to talk about photographing a new artist he was working with called Mike Oldfield. I’d never heard of Mike before but I knew Richard from being around town and hearing that he was a real ‘go getter’. I visited Richard […]

French Vogue asked me to go and do a beauty shoot in Paris. I was married at the time and my American wife who was an exceptional catwalk model said she wanted to come with me to show her portfolio. We flew into Paris and stayed at the incredible Art Deco George V Hotel where French Vogue […]

I didn’t know what to expect when I was booked to work with Canned Heat. They had a pretty Rock ‘n’ Roll reputation but then again at that time so did I! As ever I was trying to think of a unique way to photograph this extraordinary bunch of American rockers. The album campaign I […]

I was working with the actress Brigette Neilson and Pierre Laroche (make up artist, famous for Bowie’s Aladdin Sane Album Sleeve) and we had just finished shooting. Pierre invited me back to his place for a drink in his bijou little flat at the end of The Kings Road which was  beautifully decorated like a […]