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 […]
Layla Ali. – Clive Arrowsmith
Layla Ali I flew to NYC to photograph Layla Ali, the stunning boxer and daughter of legend Mohammed Ali. Layla arrived with her entourage, swept into the dressing room, gave my assistants and me a fleeting glance. She was accompanied by some really tough looking boxer friends, who stopped and looked at me up and […]
The Girl In The Iron Mask – Clive Arrowsmith
The Girl In The Iron Mask shot for the FT’s then luxury lifestyle title ‘How to Spend It’ (those were the days). I’m particularly fond of the way she looks soulfully through the mask and radiates a particular intensity.
Yoko Ono – Clive Arrowsmith
Yoko Ono I was commissioned by The Sunday Times magazine to photograph Yoko Ono. Prior to my arrival and setting up, her P.R. person told me “you’ve got 10 minutes”. Yoko came in looking very composed. There was a stillness about her, similar to that of many Japanese people I’d come across in the past […]