Carlos Clarke collaborated with
Marco Pierre White on his celebrated cookbook White Heat, which influenced
numerous cookbooks and Michelin chefs. The image of Mick Jagger was taken
during a Rolling Stones performance at The Marquee in London in 1971.
A collection of rarely seen celebrity portraits by
influential photographer Bob Carlos Clarke have been donated to the National
Portrait Gallery.
The ten images
includes one of his iconic pictures of chef Marco Pierre White.
Carlos Clarke
died in 2006 and the portraits have been donated by his wife and daughter.
Clare Freestone
from the NPG called the photographs "both classic and era defining".
"We are
pleased to be able to add to the representation of Bob Carlos Clarke's work in
the National Portrait Gallery's collection with this generous portfolio
gift," she said.
His wife
Lindsey Carlos Clarke said she was "delighted" to donate the prints,
as she felt it was "very important that future generations enjoy these
intimate portraits".
The renowned
photographer won numerous awards for his advertising campaigns and was
acclaimed for his photo journalism as well his sometimes controversial
portraits of celebrities and rock stars.
He also
produced six books including his 1990 collaboration with Marco Pierre White
called White Heat. Many credited Carlos Clarke's images in the book with
creating the trend of celebrity chefs.
Terence Pepper,
curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, called him "one
of the great photographic image-makers of the last few decades."
Following a
period spent in The Priory rehab clinic, he killed himself in 2006.
A film about
his life is currently in production.
Source: BBC
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