Arthur C. Clarke : A Life in Pictures - Part Three

In this last part we will have a look at a selection of pictures of the 80's and up to the last years of Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

All pictures are copyright their respective copyright owners and when i succeeded to find the name of the photographer, i've indicated it in the caption. As i want to give the right credits, if you're the author of one of the pictures posted in this section, please let me know by email at: lawrence55@wanadoo.fr   and i will do an editing. 

Below, Arthur C Clarke meeting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1984.

Arthur C. Clarke meeting Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, in 1984.

Arthur C. Clarke and a Dalek from Dr Who, in 1984.

Arthur C Clarke in 1984 at work on the film sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Picture : copyright Rex Features - MGM

Arthur C. Clarke with his typewriter and a monkey friend. Picture: copyright Billye Cutchen.

On the next picture Sir Arthur stands... with a dinosaur.

A great picture of Arthur C. Clarke by photographer Peter Mac Diarmid. Picture: copyright Peter Mac Diarmid - Getty Images

Sir Arthur C. Clarke with his Chancellor portrait by H R Premaratne, circa 1990.

Below, Sir Arthur C. Clarke on Hikkaduwa beach, Sri Lanka. Picture: copyright Rohan de Silva.

Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka on another picture taken by Rohan de Silva, Arthur Clarke personal photographer. Picture: copyright Rohan de Silva.

On the next picture, Arthur C. Clarke stands in front of the rock of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. Picture: copyright Rohan de Silva.

Arthur C. Clarke and friends scientists of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, February 2001. 

A quite amazing picture of Sir Arthur at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo, watching the child at the end of 2001 : A Space Odyssey. Picture: copyright Peter Menzel.

On his wheelchair but always smiling, a lesson of optimism by Sir Arthur! Pictures: copyright Dr Fumblefinger.

What is written on Sir Arthur T-Shirt is right: although he invented geostationary satellites he didn't received one cents for his amazing invention who changed the world... but as he answered with humor one day to someone who asked him the question " What would i do anyway with $100 million? " 

We will end with this great picture of Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka, facing the Indian Ocean, and looking at the sky ...and beyond! Picture: copyright Shahidul Alam.

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