Fascinated by lighting, photographer Clive Arrowsmith turned to the Renaissance painters he had studied while in art school to help guide his work as a photographer. It is the chiaroscuro in painting that continues to influence his work even today.Exploring the many different genres of photography, he is now equally renowned for his still lives, landscapes and his work on record sleeves and music videos.
Over the years, he has worked with such artists as Def Lepperd, Chthonic, Art Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, Boz Scaggs, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Wings, Jamirequi, Lee Griffiths and others. Clive Arrowsmith has since become one of Britain's most revered fashion, beauty and portrait photographers.