CLIVE ARROW SMITH
Fortnum & Mason shoot This promotional image for the iconic department store’s ice cream parlour was taken during an all-night shoot, while the shop was closed.
Adelle ‘Bonnie’ Lutz The costume designer, model and actress was photographed for Tatler. She had, says Clive, “the best bobbed hair ever”.
CLIVE ARROWSMITH
Fashion, portrait and commercial photographer
CLIVE Arrowsmith was born in north Wales. He studied painting and design at Queensferry Art School, then Kingston College of Art. He began shooting fashion editorial for Vogue in 1970.
HIS work has included fashion, beauty, celebrity portraits and advertising, for clients including Harpers & Queen, Vanity Fair, Pirelli and De Beers.
IN 2016 Clive became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and his book Arrowsmith: Fashion, Beauty and Portraits was published. The National Portrait Gallery recently bought several of his images for its collection.
Pirelli Calendar, 1992 This image was shot in the searing heat of the Almeira desert in southern Spain, with the body-painted model representing the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac.
I loved painting and drawing as a child. My uncle told
