I was really touched by this wonderful American landscape photographer Christopher Burkett who has devoted himself to the mediation of photography and transferred these visions into stunning images. 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 […]

I first met Mick Ronson’s when I was photographing Mott The Hoople at a Chelsea studio in London in 1974. Although I was photographing the whole band I was struck by Mick’s classical Byronesque looks so I asked him if he would mind if I took some solo portraits after we finished the band shoot. […]

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 at me and shaking his head slowly said,  “That U2 ever had a hit”. Tom Reynolds art director of the Sunday Times […]

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

The first shoot I did with Greta was for a jewellery company whose name I can’t recall, I think it was De Beers. I also cannot locate the pictures. A few years later she walked into a casting looking so beautiful and vivacious. I leapt up and said ‘Greta where have you been?”. The thing […]

Being in the theatre immediately inspired me (probably wrongly) to enthusiastically instruct the models using clichés such as, “Wonderful my Darling hearts”,  “Fabulous my luvvies” and “It’s a triumph!” I love working with the divine Marcella Martinelli whose styling is unsurpassed. Previously she had worked with The Duke of York’s Theatre and she managed to get […]

I was really touched by this wonderful American landscape photographer Christopher Burkett’s  work. Christopher has devoted himself completely to a meditation on landscape photography and transferred these visions into stunning images of nature from across the USA shot in very fine detail. Christopher uses Cibachrome and 8 x 10″ negatives to create the stunning detail in […]

In 1966  I was commissioned to do some illustrations on the set of Kubrick’s 2001. This was an extraordinary blessing and huge responsibility for a young art school graduate. I’d previously taken my drawings to Town Magazine and the art director had really liked them and I could not believe it when I got the […]

I was at The Worx studio in Chelsea waiting to photograph the up and coming actor (as he was at that time) Alan Cumming, for the Sunday Times ‘Next Big Thing’ feature. I was wondering what he would wear when he rolled into the studio dragging a wheeled suitcase behind him. “Hi” he said with […]

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, 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 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 […]

Marina Schiano – Photograph Clive Arrowsmith – Styling Grace Coddington Hair Leonard Make Up Gil I first met Marina Schiano in Hanover Square at the offices of Vogue. Grace Coddington said to me “I have the most incredible Italian model for you to work with.” Grace was never prone to exaggeration, she added “You will […]

I photographed Terence Stamp about a decade ago for a newspaper supplement feature in Holborn, sort of East London way. Terence arrived in a very uncoordinated outfit. A pale blue polo shirt, topped off with muted russet cardigan and grey trousers. I looked at him and thought, oh no this is like something my Granddad would wear, […]

Clive Arrowsmith 1980s shoot for Boulevard Magazine styled by Michael Roberts Michael Roberts said to me one evening over dinner “Lets go to LA and do a shoot for Boulevard Magazine”. We were dining with our mutual friends Soumi and Nadia La Valle the amazing Spaghetti People. On the plane to LA, after a few […]