The Pirelli 2016 Calendar Dumps Mods for…Amy Schumer, Tavi, Yoko Ono?

by Eddie Roche
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Backstage Pirelli The Cal 2016 – NYC

The times they are a-changin’! The Pirelli calendar, known for its NSFW images of the world’s top models, goes a totally different route in 2016 with Kathleen Kennedy, Yao Chen, Serena Williams, Yoko Ono, Mellody Hobson, Fran Lebowitz, Ava Duvernay, Agnes Gund, Patti Smith, Amy Schumer, Shrin Nesha, and Tavi Gevinson going before Annie Leibovitz’s camera. One real model sticking around is Natalia Vodianova, whose children’s charity Naked Heart Foundation is likely what put her in this group of women. The 2015 calendar featured mods such as Sasha Luss, Carolyn Murphy, Gigi Hadid, Karen Elson, and Joan Smalls.

“I started to think about the roles that women play, women who have achieved something,” Leibovitz explained. “I wanted to make a classic set of portraits. I thought that the women should look strong but natural and I decided to keep it a very simple exercise of shooting in the studio. This calendar is so completely different. It is a departure. The idea was not to have any pretense in these pictures and be very straightforward.”

No images of the calendar are out yet, but we did get our hands on some behind-the-scenes shots while we wait until November 20, when the calendar will be presented at the Roadhouse in London. The Pirelli Calendar will also live in a dedicated digital space inside the new website, pirelli.com, which goes live October 20. The calendar is known for its limited availability and was first published in 1964. 

 

 

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