I have travelled the world and tasted many foods on location, some fabulous, some hazardous (resulting in my sweating in a tin sheet toilet in Rajasthan) and some that are just plain bizarre. On location in the Loire Valley in France for a Woolmark shoot, the client and art director took me to dinner at […]
Behind The Scenes of Kubrick’s 2001 – Drawings & Photographs by Clive Arrowsmith – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
Raquel Welch “Clive, you are supposed to tell me I look beautiful” (90s) – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
David Bowie – Cool in Chelsea 1977 – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
The Shy Vogue Cover Girl & My “Exotic” US Disappointment – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
The Shy Vogue Cover Girl & My “Exotic” US Disappointment – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
Lighting – Page 2 – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
Mick Ronson – The Nicest Man Who Fell To Earth – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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. […]
1990s – Page 2 – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
Books & Prints – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 Many Beautiful Faces of Greta Scacchi – Actress, Model & Sublime Narrator – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
High Fashion At The Duke of York’s Theatre – A Drama Unfolds – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
Christopher Burkett – Photography of Devotion on PBS News – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]
Behind The Scenes of Kubrick’s 2001 – Drawings & Photographs by Clive Arrowsmith – Clive Arrowsmith Photographer
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 […]