The Pirelli Calendar is a trade calendar published by the Pirelli company's UK subsidiary. It has become an annual publication that dates back to 1964.
The calendar is famous for its limited availability, as it is only given as a corporate gift to a restricted number of important Pirelli customers and celebrity VIPs. The Pirelli Calendar pictures are generally considered glamour photography including artistic nudes.
Publication was discontinued after the 1974 issue as an economising cut-back in response to the world recession from the oil shock. It was resurrected 10 years later and has been published regularly since then.
Appearance in the calendar has become a mark of distinction for those photographic models that are chosen, as well as for the photographers commissioned to produce the images used. Over the years, the models and celebrities who have appeared in it include Sienna Miller, Naomi Campbell, Valeria Mazza, Eva Riccobono, Malgosia Bela, Gisele Bündchen, Emanuela de Paula, Sonny Freeman Drane, Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, Selma Blair, Lauren Bush, Elsa Benitez, Laetitia Casta, Rachael Leigh Cook, Milla Jovovich, Doutzen Kroes, Heidi Klum, Sophia Loren, Penélope Cruz, Brittany Murphy, Amy Smart, Julia Stiles, Karolina Kurkova, Caroline Trentini, Raica Oliveira, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Bridget Moynahan, Shannyn Sossamon, Mena Suvari, Monet Mazur, Aurelie Claudel, Fernanda Tavares, Isabeli Fontana, Frankie Rayder, Angela Lindvall, Hilary Swank, Lakshmi Menon, Yamila Díaz, Anja Rubik and Natasha Poly.
Photographers and locations [edit]
| Year |
Photographer |
Location |
Models |
| 1964 |
Robert Freeman |
Majorca, Spain |
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| 1965 |
Brian Duffy |
South of France |
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| 1966 |
Peter Knapp |
Al Hoceima, Morocco |
|
| 1967 |
no calendar |
| 1968 |
Harry Peccinotti |
Tunisia |
|
| 1969 |
Harry Peccinotti |
Big Sur, California |
|
| 1970 |
Francis Giacobetti |
Paradise Island, The Bahamas |
|
| 1971 |
Francis Giacobetti |
Jamaica |
|
| 1972 |
Sarah Moon |
Villa Les Tilleuls, Paris |
|
| 1973 |
Brian Duffy |
London, England |
|
| 1974 |
Hans Feurer |
Seychelles |
|
1975
-1983 |
no calendars |
| 1984 |
Uwe Ommer |
Bahamas |
Angie Layne, Suzie-Ann Watkins, Jane Wood, Julie Martin |
| 1985 |
Norman Parkinson |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Iman Abdulmajid |
| 1986 |
Bert Stern |
the Cotswolds, England |
|
| 1987 |
Terence Donovan |
Bath, England |
Ione Brown, Naomi Campbell, Collette Brown, Gillian De Turville, Waris Dirie |
| 1988 |
Barry Lategan
(choreographed by Gillian Lynne)
Production designed by Gerry Judah |
London, England |
|
| 1989 |
Joyce Tennyson |
the Polaroid Studios, New York |
Akure Wall |
| 1990 |
Arthur Elgort |
Seville, Spain |
|
| 1991 |
Clive Arrowsmith |
France |
Lynne Koester, Rachel Boss, Susie Bick |
| 1992 |
Clive Arrowsmith |
Almería, Spain |
|
| 1993 |
John Claridge |
Seychelles |
Christina Estrada, Barbara Moors |
| 1994 |
Herb Ritts |
Paradise Island, the Bahamas |
Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Karen Alexander, Kate Moss |
| 1995 |
Richard Avedon |
New York, United States |
Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Farrah Summerford, Nadja Auermann |
| 1996 |
Peter Lindbergh |
El Mirage, California, United States |
Carré Otis, Kristen McMenamy, Eva Herzigova, Navia Nguyen, Nastassja Kinski, Tatjana Patitz |
| 1997 |
Richard Avedon |
New York, United States |
Honor Fraser, Ling Tang, Monica Bellucci, Sophie Patitz, Cordula Reyer, Inés Sastre, Waris Dirie, Anna Klevhag, Gisele Zelaui, Irina Pantaeva, Kristina Semenovskaia, Tatiana Zavialova, Marie Sophie Wilson, Jenny Shimizu, Brandi Quiñones, Nikki Uberti, Julia Ortiz, Annie Morton |
| 1998 |
Bruce Weber |
Miami, United States |
Tanga Moreau, Stella Tennant, Milla Jovovich, Carolyn Murphy, Eva Herzigova, Patricia Arquette, Shalom Harlow, Kirsty Hume, Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Kiara Kabukuru, Georgina Grenville, Rachel Roberts, Daryl Hannah |
| 1999 |
Herb Ritts |
Los Angeles, United States |
Chandra North, Sophie Dahl, Karen Elson, Michele Hicks, Carolyn Murphy, Shirley Mallmann, Laetitia Casta, Audrey Marnay, Elsa Benítez, Bridget Hall, Angela Lindvall, Alek Wek |
| 2000 |
Annie Leibovitz |
Rhinebeck, New York City |
Laetitia Casta |
| 2001 |
Mario Testino |
Naples, Italy |
Aurélie Claudel, Rhea Durham, Gisele Bündchen, Karen Elson, Mariana Weickert, Fernanda Tavares, Angela Lindvall, Ana Claudia Michels, Liisa Winkler, Noémie Lenoir, Frankie Rayder, Carmen Kass |
| 2002 |
Peter Lindbergh |
Hollywood, United States |
Amy Smart, Brittany Murphy, Julia Stiles, Rachael Leigh Cook, Erika Christensen, Selma Blair, Lauren Bush, James King, Bridget Moynahan |
| 2003 |
Bruce Weber |
Campania, Italy |
Sienna Miller, Eva Riccobono, Heidi Klum, Mariacarla Boscono, Isabeli Fontana, Valentina Stilla, Filippa Hamilton, Alessandra Ambrosio, Jessica Miller, Natalia Vodianova, Karolina Kurkova, Sophie Dahl, Bridget Hall, Lisa Seiffert, Yamila Díaz, Natalia Vodianova |
| 2004 |
Nick Knight |
London, England |
Adina Fohlin, Natalia Vodianova, Dewi Driegen, Mariacarla Boscono, Jessica Miller, Esther de Jong, Ai Tominaga, Amanda Moore, Alek Wek, Frankie Rayder, Karolina Kurkova, Liberty Ross, Pollyanna McIntosh |
| 2005 |
Patrick Demarchelier |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Filippa Hamilton, Julia Stegner, Eugenia Volodina, Naomi Campbell, Isabeli Fontana, Michelle Buswell, Adriana Lima, Erin Wasson, Diana Dondoe, Liliane Ferrarezi, Marija Vujovic, Valentina Zelyaeva |
| 2006 |
Mert Alas and
Marcus Piggot |
Côte d'Azur |
Jennifer Lopez, Kate Moss, Gisele Bündchen, Natalia Vodianova, Karen Elson, Guinevere Van Seenus |
| 2007 |
Inez van Lamsweerde and
Vinoodh Matadin |
studio set |
Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Lou Doillon, Hilary Swank, Naomi Watts |
| 2008 |
Patrick Demarchelier |
Shanghai, China |
Agyness Deyn, Lily Donaldson, Doutzen Kroes, Catherine McNeil, Gemma Ward, Sasha Pivovarova, Coco Rocha, Caroline Trentini, Mo Wandan, Du Juan, Maggie Cheung |
| 2009 |
Peter Beard |
Okavango Delta, Botswana |
Mariacarla Boscono, Daria Werbowy, Malgosia Bela, Randal Moore, Lara Stone, Emanuela de Paula, Isabeli Fontana |
| 2010 |
Terry Richardson |
Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil |
Catherine McNeil, Enikő Mihalik, Ana Beatriz Barros, Miranda Kerr, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Daisy Lowe, Gracie Carvalho, Lily Cole, Marloes Horst, Georgina Stojiljković |
| 2011 |
Karl Lagerfeld |
Paris, France (studio set) |
Isabeli Fontana, Heidi Mount, Bianca Balti, Lara Stone, Natasha Poly, Iris Strubegger, Elisa Sednaoui, Magdalena Frackowiak, Julianne Moore, Freja Beha Erichsen, Daria Werbowy, Erin Wasson, Baptiste Giabiconi, Brad Kroenig, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Lakshmi Menon, Garrett Neff, Jake Davies, Jeneil Williams, Anja Rubik, Sébastien Jondeau |
| 2012 |
Mario Sorrenti |
Domaine de Murtoli, Sartène, Corsica, France |
Lara Stone, Kate Moss, Guinevere Van Seenus, Edita Vilkevičiūtė, Rinko Kikuchi, Saskia de Brauw, Milla Jovovich, Joan Smalls, Natasha Poly, Isabeli Fontana, Malgosia Bela, Margareth Madè |
| 2013 |
Steve McCurry |
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
Isabeli Fontana, Petra Nemcova, Sonia Braga, Hanaa Ben Abdesslem, Liya Kebede, Adriana Lima, Summer Rayne Oakes, Kyleigh Kuhn, Marisa Monte, Karlie Kloss, Elisa Sednaoui |
References [edit]
- "The myth of the Pirelli Cal". Pirelli - Calendar. Retrieved December 12, 2007. ;
- "The Cal: a collection of masterpieces". Pirelli. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
- Hargreaves, Steve (February 15, 2005). "Pinups for the auto elite". CNNMoney.
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