Even when I asked her if I could pour water over her head. She said yes and then my assistant was duly instructed to stand on a tall ladder and sprinkle water over her. Warhol was a man of few words and wielded an antique polaroid camera and insistently took polaroids which he then dropped […]
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 […]
My assistant set up the lights and I wanted it lit in such a way that his head and hands where the only thing that was illuminated with the rest of his body in darkness. Once we’d set up the lights I noticed he had very shiny patent shoes which I also lit from the […]
As a painter their faces really affected me, I thought if they were in 15th century costumes the images would have had a Renaissance perspective, due to them all having such incredible faces. Sadly I couldn’t imagine them agreeing to cod pieces and tights, so I kept my vision to myself. The amazing thing about […]
Clive Arrowsmith (to the right of Kansai Yamamoto pictured in November 2012) is an Internationally acclaimed photographer born and raised in North Wales and now living and working in London. This is his blog where he reflects on the work he has done and is doing. For his commercial site please visit clivearrowsmith.com Clive Arrowsmith […]
When I discovered them again between shoots, exhibitions and the whirlwind of the photography world. I realised how sensual and slightly androgynous the model is who I think is called Mona but I am not 100 percent sure. I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a […]
I cannot voice the campaign as well as Waris does in the video below so I won’t try. I recommend you support her and listen to her words. It touches me deeply when I see how she has used her voice in the world to remind us of the suffering of others and is leading […]
There are those rare occasions in life where you are literally completely arrested by the presence of another human being. The moment I met Waris Dirie I knew she was a live wire, a presence, a spark, a light and a heroine. Anyway whatever the words may be I knew I wasn’t just dealing with […]
Kate Bush came the famous Holborn Studios in London for a shoot for Hearst Magazines who had asked me to take cover photograph for their new magazine Company. Kate was very definitely the woman of the moment at that time and her career was going from strength to strength all over the world. She […]
When I discovered them again between shoots, exhibitions and the whirlwind of the photography world. I realised how sensual and slightly androgynous the model is who I think is called Mona but I am not 100 percent sure. I shot these phots on a Linhof 5×4 plate camera for Hearst Magazines – it was a […]
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 […]
This was one of my first photographic jobs when I was still an Art Director. I had known Paul McCartney and John Lennon from my art school days and Paul asked me to shoot the cover of his new Wings album Band On The Run. With only enthusiasm and not much experience I went for […]
This was one of my first photographic jobs when I was still an Art Director. I had known Paul McCartney and John Lennon from my art school days and Paul asked me to shoot the cover of his new Wings album Band On The Run. With only enthusiasm and not much experience I went for […]
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 got past health and safety today and I was really nervous incase the boom failed, fell into the water and electrocuted Peter and myself.