Bob Carlos Clarke

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Bob Carlos Clarke
Born
Robert Carlos Clarke

(1950-06-24)24 June 1950
County Cork, Ireland
Died25 March 2006(2006-03-25) (aged 55)
London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality Irish
Known for Photography
Children Scarlett Carlos Clarke

Robert Carlos Clarke (24 June 1950 – 25 March 2006) was a British-Irish photographer who made erotic images of women as well as documentary, portrait, and commercial photography. [1] [2]

Contents

Carlos Clarke produced six books during his career: The Illustrated Delta of Venus (1980), Obsession (1981), The Dark Summer (1985), White Heat (1990), Shooting Sex (2002), Love Dolls Never Die (2004), and one DVD, Too Many Nights (2006).

His work is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Life and career

Carlos Clarke was born in Cork, Ireland, [3] and educated at numerous English public schools, including Wellington College. After school and working as a trainee journalist and a brief job in Belfast in 1969, Carlos Clarke moved back to England in the latter half of 1970 and enrolled in Worthing College of Art in West Sussex. [4] [5]

By 1975, he had moved to Brixton, London, and enrolled in the London College of Printing. He later went on to complete an MA degree from the Royal College of Art [3] in photography, graduating in 1975.

Initially in the 1970s, [4] he began photographing nudes as a means of making money. He used his fellow students as models he shot for Paul Raymond Publications, Men Only, and Club International .

Carlos Clarke's first encounter with photographing models in rubber and latex was an experience with a gentleman called 'The Commander', a publisher of a magazine for devotees of rubber wear who had contacted Carlos Clarke to shoot for his publication. [4] The British pop artist Allen Jones [6] was a good friend of Carlos Clarke. [2] Jones' work drew heavily on fetishism and he advised the younger photographer to lay off the fetish scene. [2] He is known as "the British Helmut Newton". [7]

Personal life

While at Worthing, he met Sue Frame, later his first wife. [2] [3] Knowing that she was a part-time model, he instantly became a photographer and persuaded her to pose for him on a chromed 650 cc Triumph Bonneville. In 1975, a couple of years later, they married at Kensington Registry Office. Carlos Clarke was later remarried with his wife Lindsey. The couple had a daughter.

Death

Carlos Clarke committed suicide on 25 March 2006. [3] [1] [8]

Publications

Publications by Carlos Clarke

Publications paired with others

DVDs

Collections

Carlos Clarke's work is held in the following public collection:

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References

  1. 1 2 McCabe, Eamonn (2 April 2006). "Obituary: Bob Carlos Clarke". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bob Carlos Clarke". The Daily Telegraph . 29 March 2006. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Garfield, Simon (26 April 2009). "The naked truth about Bob Carlos Clarke". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Carlos Clarke, Bob (2002). Shooting Sex; The Definitive Guide to Undressing Beautiful Strangers. London: Self-Published. pp. 18–31.
  5. ↑ "Bob Carlos Clarke - Iconic Photographer". Amateur Photographer. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Tate Gallery catalogue
  7. ↑ Collins, Britt (19 May 2012). "Bob Carlos Clarke, husband and father". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Kirby, Terry. "Bob Carlos Clarke, photographer of beautiful women, is laid to rest". The Independent. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bob Carlos Clarke images donated". BBC News. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Kennedy, Maev (13 August 2013). "Bob Carlos Clarke pictures presented to the National Portrait Gallery". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Bob Carlos Clarke - Person - National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery, London . Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "News Release: National Portrait Gallery Acquires rarely seen Celebrity Photographs by Bob Carlos". National Portrait Gallery, London . Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Bob Carlos Clarke". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Search our collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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