Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Julianne Moore are among the actresses appearing natural and minimally retouched in tire brand, Pirelli’s 2017 calendar
Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Julianne Moore are among the actresses appearing natural and minimally retouched in tire brand, Pirelli’s 2017 calendar which was unveiled yesterday in Paris. The new photos were shot by German photographer, Peter Lindbergh with each actress shot in black and white, wearing minimal makeup, a Lindbergh signature.
My aim was to “capture sensitivity and emotion, laying bare the souls of the women in the images, rendering them more naked than a nude,” he said at the international press launch in Paris.
“As an artist, I feel I have a responsibility to free women from the idea of eternal youth and perfection. Society’s ideal of perfection is impossible to achieve,” he said
One unfamiliar face is that of Anastasia Ignatova, a lecturer at the Moscow State Institute of Political Theory, whom Lindbergh met at a dinner party in 2015. According to Pirelli, Lindbergh was struck by her face and outstanding beauty. This marks the second year in a row that the calendar has defied its NSFW reputation, and the formula of nudity and youth that has come to define it.
Last year’s calendar, shot by American portraitist Annie Leibovitz, was praised for its body and age diversity, and featured the likes of Serena Williams, Amy Schumer and Yoko Ono.
Juliane Moore
Nicole Kidman
Robyn Wright
Uma Thurman
Helen Mirren
Jessica Chastain
Kate Winslet
Penelope Cruz
Lupita Nyong’o
Anastasia Ignatova
