Gordon Fraser Clark

Place: Edinburgh

Born: 1950

Biography:

Nobby Clark is an English photographer of theatre, opera, dance and live classical and contemporary music performance. He has worked for many UK broadsheets including The Guardian, The Observer, The Times and The Sunday Times. He has also been commissioned by all the major English theatre, ballet and opera companies including both the Royal Opera, London and the Royal Ballet, as well as extensively by the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and the Theatre Royal Haymarket. He has been the in house photographer for the Northern Broadsides Theatre Company since its first production of Richard III in 1992. He has worked with directors such as Sir Richard Eyre, Sir Trevor Nunn, Sir Peter Hall, Bill Bryden, John Dexter, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, and John Schlesinger. He has also worked with several comedians on their live shows including Dave Allen, Rik Mayall, Billy Connolly, and Ben Elton. In 2005 he was production photographer for the 7th series of cult UK television comedy Red Dwarf. He worked with Sir Peter Hall on the 2009 season of plays at the Theatre Royal, Bath having been production photographer for all previous seasons. In 2007 he presented an exhibition of black and white photographs at the Royal National Theatre called 'London Blues' which included a book and a short black and white film of the same name. He is also known for his photography of the band Bay City Rollers, of which he was an original member and lead singer under the name Gordon Fraser Clark.