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The 2016 Pirelli Calendar

Artist Annie Leibovitz (American, born 1949)

Publisher Pirelli and Company

Date2015

Medium16-page bound book, 13 photographic illustrations

Dimensionsclosed: 20 × 15 × 1/2 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 1.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of Pirelli & C. SpA

Object number2016.6

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DescriptionThis is a 2016 calendar with 13 photographic illustrations depicting women. The cover is embossed with the date and title, and the back page is marked with the edition number “No. 08978.” The credits on the back page are as follows:

Annie Leibovitz Studio, Karen Mulligan /
Photo Assistants, Nick Rogers, Matthias Gaggl /
Production, Suzanna Rees-Delizo /
Creative Consultant, Kathryn Macleod /
Set Design, Mary Howard /
Styling, Jessica Diehl /
Hair, Oribe /
Hair Assistants, Judy Erickson, Greg Bitterman /
Make-up, Mark Carrasquillo /
Make-Up Assistant, Ai Yokomizo /
Manicure, Yuko Tsuchihashi /
Tailoring, Reneata Harris, For Lars Nors Studio /
Printing and Retouching, Sebastien Servel For Dtouch NYC /
Post-Production, Matthew Currie, Stanislave Ginzburg /
BTS Director of Photography, Barbara Leibovitz Hellman /
BTS Assistant Camera, Christopher Vernale /
Design, Jeff Streeper, Sarah Hwang /
Editor, Sharon Delano /
Pirelli Calendar Coordinators, Julie Naylor, Fabia Snider /
Artistic Consultant, Costantino Ruspoli /
Executive Producer and Casting, Camilla Johnson-Hill at the Production Club /
Film Director, Stuart Chapman /
Printing Consultant, Mike Wells /
Printing and Packaging, HH Global¬–Grafiche Antiga SPA, Italy

Label TextAnnie Leibovitz American, b. 1949 The 2016 Pirelli Calendar, 2015 Bound calendar with 13 photographic illustrations Gift of Pirelli & C. SpA 2016.6 Since 1964, the tire company Pirelli has become famous for its photographic calendars featuring provocative nude or scantily clad models. Like any calendar, these are designed to keep time, but in recent years the calendars have become historically noteworthy themselves. For the 2016 calendar the company commissioned Annie Leibovitz, one of only a few female photographers in its history. She abandoned erotic imagery and instead featured a diverse group of accomplished women artists, philanthropists, and writers. For the 2017 calendar (opposite side of case), Pirelli returned to a male photographer, Peter Lindbergh, but he too abandoned pin-up imagery for photographs that, in his words, “remind everyone, that there is a different beauty, more real and truthful and not manipulated by commercial or any other interests, a beauty which speaks about individuality.”